Gaussian number-fluctuation conjecture for large intervals

Let Eβ()(n;J)E_\beta^{(\cdot)}(n;J) denote the probability of exactly nn particles in JJ, let nJn_J be the corresponding particle number, and let nJ\langle n_J\rangle and VarnJ\operatorname{Var}n_J denote its mean and variance. Gaussian number-fluctuation conjecture. For nnJn\approx\langle n_J\rangle,

Eβ()(n;J)J12πVarnJexp((nnJ)22VarnJ).E_\beta^{(\cdot)}(n;J)\mathop{\sim}\limits_{|J|\to\infty}\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi\operatorname{Var}n_J}}\exp\left(-\frac{(n-\langle n_J\rangle)^2}{2\operatorname{Var}n_J}\right).

For bulk, soft and hard scaling, respectively, the source also gives the corresponding leading asymptotics of the means and variances. This is a macroscopic central-limit prediction for the number of particles in a large interval.

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Peter J. Forrester, “Asymptotics of spacing distributions 50 years later”, arXiv:1204.3225 (2013).

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