Conjectured Ornstein–Uhlenbeck scaling limit for the quantum momentum process

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Let K^t\hat{K}_t be a Markov process whose probability densities obey the stated master equation for fixed λ>0\lambda>0, and define

Y^t=1m∫0tdr K^r.\hat{Y}_t=\frac{1}{m}\int_0^t dr\,\hat{K}_r.

Let Pt\mathbf P_t be the Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process with P0=0\mathbf P_0=0 satisfying

dPt=−γPt+(2mγβ)1/2dBt,d\mathbf P_t=-\gamma\mathbf P_t+\left(\frac{2m\gamma}{\beta}\right)^{1/2}d\mathbf B_t,

where Bt\mathbf B_t is standard Brownian motion, and let Bt′\mathbf B'_t be an independent standard Brownian motion. Define ν=(32mβπ)1/2α0ηh\nu=\left(\frac{32m}{\beta\pi}\right)^{1/2}\frac{\alpha_0\eta}{h}.

Ornstein–Uhlenbeck scaling-limit conjecture. As λ→0\lambda\to0, with convergence in law for the Skorokhod metric,

(λ1/2∣K^s/λ∣, λ3/8Y^s/λ)⟹(∣Ps∣, 1mν1/2∫0sdBr′∣Pr∣3/2),s∈[0,t0].\left(\lambda^{1/2}\left|\hat K_{s/\lambda}\right|,\,\lambda^{3/8}\hat Y_{s/\lambda}\right)\Longrightarrow\left(\left|\mathbf P_s\right|,\,\frac{1}{m\nu^{1/2}}\int_0^s d\mathbf B'_r\left|\mathbf P_r\right|^{3/2}\right),\qquad s\in[0,t_0].

This predicts an Ornstein–Uhlenbeck limit for the rescaled momentum magnitude and a variable-rate diffusion for its rescaled time integral. The source gives no resolution of this conjectured scaling limit.

References

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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