Freidlin–Wentzell/semi-classical limit for quantum momentum distributions

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Let D^λ,t\hat{D}_{\lambda,t} be the momentum probability density obtained from the diagonal of the density matrix in the extended-zone representation, and let D^λ,tL1(R)\hat{\mathcal{D}}_{\lambda,t}\in L^1(\mathbb R) solve the master equation governing the corresponding Markovian momentum process. Let t0t_0 be fixed and let ϱ>0\varrho>0 be the exponent appearing in the stated scaling assumptions.

Freidlin–Wentzell/semi-classical limit. For λ1\lambda\ll 1,

supr[0,λ1t0]D^λ,rD^λ,r1=O(λϱ).\sup_{r\in[0,\lambda^{-1}t_0]}\|\hat{D}_{\lambda,r}-\hat{\mathcal{D}}_{\lambda,r}\|_1=\mathit{O}(\lambda^{\varrho}).

This conjecture asserts that the quantum momentum density is uniformly approximated by the associated classical master-equation density on times of order λ1\lambda^{-1}. The source describes it as analogous to a Freidlin–Wentzell limit theorem and supplies no resolution here.

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Primary source

Jeremy Thane Clark, “Suppressed dispersion for a randomly kicked quantum particle in a Dirac comb”, arXiv:1008.4502 (2012).

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