Quantum ergodicity and quantum limits for sub-Riemannian Laplacians

DOI10.5802/SLSEDP.78zbMATH Open1368.58016arXiv1505.01702OpenAlexW1929814834WikidataQ115158933 ScholiaQ115158933MaRDI QIDQ344598FDOQ344598

Authors: Yves Colin de Verdière, Luc Hillairet, Emmanuel Trélat 

Publication date: 23 November 2016

Published in: Séminaire Laurent Schwartz. EDP et Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This paper is a proceedings version of cite{CHT-I}, in which we state a Quantum Ergodicity (QE) theorem on a 3D contact manifold, and in which we establish some properties of the Quantum Limits (QL). We consider a sub-Riemannian (sR) metric on a compact 3D manifold with an oriented contact distribution. There exists a privileged choice of the contact form, with an associated Reeb vector field and a canonical volume form that coincides with the Popp measure. We state a QE theorem for the eigenfunctions of any associated sR Laplacian, under the assumption that the Reeb flow is ergodic. The limit measure is given by the normalized canonical contact measure. To our knowledge, this is the first extension of the usual Schnirelman theorem to a hypoelliptic operator. We provide as well a decomposition result of QL's, which is valid without any ergodicity assumption. We explain the main steps of the proof, and we discuss possible extensions to other sR geometries.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.01702

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zbMATH Keywords

Reeb flowquantum ergodicity (QE)quantum limits (QL)sub-Riemannian (sR) metric

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Sub-Riemannian geometry (53C17) Elliptic equations on manifolds, general theory (58J05) Spectral problems; spectral geometry; scattering theory on manifolds (58J50) Relations between spectral theory and ergodic theory, e.g., quantum unique ergodicity (58J51)

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