Nodal Sets of Random Eigenfunctions for the Isotropic Harmonic Oscillator

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNU071zbMATH Open1319.81042arXiv1310.4532OpenAlexW2123485948MaRDI QIDQ5264496FDOQ5264496

Peng Zhou, Steve Zelditch, Boris Hanin

Publication date: 27 July 2015

Published in: IMRN. International Mathematics Research Notices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider Gaussian random eigenfunctions (Hermite functions) of fixed energy level of the isotropic semi-classical Harmonic Oscillator on $$. We calculate the expected density of zeros of a random eigenfunction in the semi-classical limit $ho0.$ In the allowed region the density is of order $h^{-1},$ while in the forbidden region the density is of order $h^{-frac12}$. The computer graphics due to E.J. Heller illustrate this difference in "frequency" between the allowed and forbidden nodal sets.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.4532

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hamilton's equations (70H05) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20)

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• Concentration and universal randomisation of proper subspaces
• Some nodal properties of the quantum harmonic oscillator and other Schrödinger operators in ℝ²
• Nodal sets of Schrödinger eigenfunctions in forbidden regions
• Interface asymptotics of eigenspace Wigner distributions for the harmonic oscillator
• Scaling of harmonic oscillator eigenfunctions and their nodal sets around the caustic

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