On the derivation of the Hartree equation from the \(N\)-body Schrödinger equation: uniformity in the Planck constant (Q1653289)

Two results on the mean-field limit of the \(N\)-body quantum dynamics leading to the Hartree equation are presented. Both results give estimations for a special distance between the solutions of the \(N\)-body von Neumann equation and the Hartree equation. The first statement indicates a convergence rate for the mean-field limit of the quantum \(N\)-body problem leading to the Hartree equation. The estimate is formulated in terms of a Monge-Kantorovich-type distance and holds for initial data that are Töplitz operators. The second statement proves the same convergence just in a stronger topology using analytic norms and the formalism of Winger functions. However, in this case the convergence rate is faster. Some basics as the BBGKY hierarchy, Wigner and Husimi functions, the Töplitz quantization are described in the second section of the article. The two main results are presented in Section 3. Still in this section, another result is announced. One obtains a derivation of the Vlasov equation from the \(N\)-body Liouville equation, based exclusively on hierarchy techniques. Part 1 ``Results with analytic data'' and, Part 2 ``Interpolation'' and Appendix A are devoted to the proofs of all results and to some final remarks.