Ergodicity in infinite Hamiltonian systems with conservative noise (Q1816412)

The ergodic problem in Hamiltonian systems is at the base of equilibrium statistical mechanics. While, beginning with Sinai's paper, some results are known for finite systems, very little is known concerning infinite systems. The paper studies the stationary measures of an infinite Hamiltonian system of interacting particles in \(\mathbb{R}^3\) subject to a stochastic local perturbation conserving energy and momentum. The authors prove that the translation invariant measures that are stationary for the deterministic Hamiltonian systems, reversible for the stochastic dynamics, and with finite entropy density, are convex combinations of ``Gibbs'' states. The result implies hydrodynamical behavior for the systems under consideration.