Patterson-Sullivan distributions and quantum ergodicity

Abstract: We relate two types of phase space distributions associated to eigenfunctions

p h i_{i r_{j}}

of the Laplacian on a compact hyperbolic surface

X_{G a m m a}

: (1) Wigner distributions

i n t_{S^{*} X} a d W_{i r_{j}} = < O p (a) p h i_{i r_{j}}, p h i_{i r_{j}} >_{L^{2} (X)}

, which arise in quantum chaos. They are invariant under the wave group. (2) Patterson-Sullivan distributions

P S_{i r_{j}}

, which are the residues of the dynamical zeta-functions

l c a l (s; a) : = s u m_{g} a m m a f r a c e^{- s L_{g} a m m a} 1 - e^{- L_{g} a m m a} i n t_{g a m m a_{0}} a

(where the sum runs over closed geodesics) at the poles

s = 1 / 2 + i r_{j}

. They are invariant under the geodesic flow. We prove that these distributions (when suitably normalized) are asymptotically equal as

r_{j} o i n f t y

. We also give exact relations between them. This correspondence gives a new relation between classical and quantum dynamics on a hyperbolic surface, and consequently a formulation of quantum ergodicity in terms of classical ergodic theory.

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