Minimal velocity estimates and soft mode bounds for the massless spin-boson model

DOI10.1007/S00023-014-0323-7MaRDI QIDQ2256015zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors W. De Roeck, Antti Kupiainen

Publication date 19 February 2015

Published in Annales Henri Poincaré (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1301.2358

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic behavior at large timeasymptotic completenessatomic physicsquantized scalar bosonsspectral theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Constructive quantum field theory (81T08) Model quantum field theories (81T10) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Atomic physics (81V45) Quantum optics (81V80)

Abstract: We consider generalised versions of the spin-boson model at small coupling. We assume the spin (or atom) to sit at the origin $0inmathbb{R}^d$ and the propagation speed $v_p$ of free bosons to be constant, i.e. independent of momentum. In particular, the bosons are massless. We prove detailed bounds on the mean number of bosons contained in the ball $|x|leq{v}_{p}t$. In particular, we prove that, as $toinfty$, this number tends to an asymptotic value that can be naturally identified as the mean number of bosons bound to the atom in the ground state. Physically, this means that bosons that are not bound to the atom, are travelling outwards at a speed that is not lower than $v_p$, hence the term 'minimal velocity estimate'. Additionally, we prove bounds on the number of emitted bosons with low momentum (soft mode bounds). This paper is an extension of our earlier work in 'Approach to ground state and time-independent photon bound for massless spin-boson models' (arXiv:1109.5582, Ann. H. Poincare, 2012). Together with the results in that paper, the bounds of the present paper suffice to prove asymptotic completeness, as we describe in 'Asymptotic completeness for the massless spin-boson model'(arXiv:1301.2357).

Review text

If an atom interacts with the quantized electromagnetic field, its excited state changes to the ground state and its excess energy is emitted as radiation. The concept of asymptotic completeness claims that, at infinite time, the combined state consists of the atom in its ground state and some free photons. Still, within the mathematical framework of spectral theory a proof of this large time behavior is still missing. The present paper extends the results of a previous paper of the authors [Ann. Henri Poincaré 14, No. 2, 253--311 (2013; Zbl 1266.81163)] by introducing a generalized version of the model and providing technical tools to prove asymptotic completeness for spin-boson (i.e. atom) models interacting with massless scalar bosons. The Hilbert space of the atom is assumed to be finite dimensional and the speed of free bosons to be constant. Bounds are given on the mean number of bosons within a finite ball. It is shown that this number tends to an asymptotic value as time tends to infinity. This paper contains many estimates that help to better understand the dynamics of charged particles and their radiation field.

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