One-dimensional harmonic lattice caricature of hydrodynamics (Q1094217)

We derive the hydrodynamic (Euler) approximation for the harmonic time evolution of infinite classical oscillator system on one-dimensional lattice \({\mathbb{Z}}\). It is known that equilibrium (i.e., time-invariant attractive) states for this model are translationally invariant Gaussian ones, with the mean \(\theta\), which satisfy some linear relations involving the interaction quadratic form. The natural ``parameter'' characterizing equilibrium state is the spectral-density matrix function (SDMF) \(\hat F(\theta)\), \(\theta\in [-\pi,\pi)\). Time evolution of a space ``profile'' of local equilibrium parameters is described by a space-time SDMF \(\hat F(t;x,\theta)\), t, \(x\in R^ 1\). The hydrodynamic equation for \(\hat F(t;x,\theta)\) which we derive in this paper means that the ``normal mode'' profiles indexed by \(\theta\) are moving according to linear laws and are mutually independent. The procedure of deriving the hydrodynamic equation is the following: We fix an initial SDMF profile \(\hat F(x,\theta)\) and a family \(\{P^{\epsilon},\epsilon >0\}\) of mean 0 states which satisfy the two conditions imposed on the covariance of spins at various lattice points: (a) the covariance at points ``close'' to the value \(\epsilon^{-1}\chi\) in the state \(P^{\epsilon}\) is approximately described by the SDMF \(\hat F(x,\theta)\); (b) The covariance (on large distances) decreases with distance quickly enough and uniformly in \(\epsilon\). Given nonzero \(t\in {\mathbb{R}}^ 1\), we consider the states \(P^{\epsilon}_{\epsilon^{-1}t}\), \(\epsilon >0\), describing the system at the time moments \(\epsilon^{-1}t\) during its harmonic time evolution. We check that the covariance at lattice points close to \(\epsilon^{-1}\chi\) in the state \(P^{\epsilon}_{\epsilon^{-1}t}\) is approximately described by a SDMF \(\hat F(t;x,\theta)\) and establish the connection between \^F(t;x,\(\theta)\) and \(\hat F(x,\theta)\).