Semiclassical approximations for Hamiltonians with operator-valued symbols

DOI10.1007/S00220-012-1650-5MaRDI QIDQ2376336zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Hans-Michael Stiepan, Stefan Teufel

Publication date 21 June 2013

Published in Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1201.4608

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Phase-space methods including Wigner distributions, etc. applied to problems in quantum mechanics (81S30) Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70) Statistical mechanics of solids (82D20)

Abstract: We consider the semiclassical limit of quantum systems with a Hamiltonian given by the Weyl quantization of an operator valued symbol. Systems composed of slow and fast degrees of freedom are of this form. Typically a small dimensionless parameter $varepsilonll1$ controls the separation of time scales and the limit $varepsilono0$ corresponds to an adiabatic limit, in which the slow and fast degrees of freedom decouple. At the same time $varepsilono0$ is the semiclassical limit for the slow degrees of freedom. In this paper we show that the $varepsilon$-dependent classical flow for the slow degrees of freedom first discovered by Littlejohn and Flynn, coming from an $epsi$-dependent classical Hamilton function and an $varepsilon$-dependent symplectic form, has a concrete mathematical and physical meaning: Based on this flow we prove a formula for equilibrium expectations, an Egorov theorem and transport of Wigner functions, thereby approximating properties of the quantum system up to errors of order $varepsilo{n}^2$. In the context of Bloch electrons formal use of this classical system has triggered considerable progress in solid state physics. Hence we discuss in some detail the application of the general results to the Hofstadter model, which describes a two-dimensional gas of non-interacting electrons in a constant magnetic field in the tight-binding approximation.

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