Quantum ergodicity of random orthonormal bases of spaces of high dimension

DOI10.1098/RSTA.2012.0511zbMATH Open1322.81052arXiv1210.2069OpenAlexW2071867005WikidataQ28661062 ScholiaQ28661062MaRDI QIDQ2945355FDOQ2945355

Authors: Steve Zelditch 

Publication date: 9 September 2015

Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider a sequence H_N of Hilbert spaces of dimensions d_N tending to infinity. The motivating examples are eigenspaces or quasi-mode spaces of a Laplace or Schrodinger operator. We define a random ONB of H_N by fixing one ONB and changing it by a random element of U(d_N). A random ONB of the direct sum of the H_N is an independent sequence {U_N} of random ONB's of the H_N. We prove that if d_N tends to infinity and if the normalized traces of observables in H_N tend to a unique limit state, then a random ONB also tends to that limit state. This generalizes an earlier result of the author for eigenspaces of the standard 2-sphere, and shows that the result does not depend on how fast the dimensions grow. In particular it is valid for eigenspaces of a flat rational torus in dimensions > 4. The main idea is to convert quantum ergodicity into a problem on the moments of inertia of permutahedra and to calculate the moments using Schur polynomials.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1210.2069

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zbMATH Keywords

Laplace eigenfunctionsrandom orthonormal basisquantum ergodcity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lattice polytopes in convex geometry (including relations with commutative algebra and algebraic geometry) (52B20) Infinite-dimensional random dynamical systems; stochastic equations (37L55) Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10) Quantum mechanics on special spaces: manifolds, fractals, graphs, lattices (81Q35) Relations between spectral theory and ergodic theory, e.g., quantum unique ergodicity (58J51) Quantum chaos (81Q50)

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