Klainerman–Machedon space-time bound for the quantum BBGKY hierarchy

Let the interaction parameter satisfy β(0,1]\beta\in(0,1], and let {ΓN}N=1\{\Gamma_N\}_{N=1}^{\infty} be a sequence of quantum BBGKY hierarchy solutions satisfying the energy condition

suptRS(k)γN(k)Lx,x2Ck\sup_{t\in\mathbb{R}}\left\Vert S^{(k)}\gamma_N^{(k)}\right\Vert_{L^2_{\mathbf{x},\mathbf{x}'}}\leq C^k

for all sufficiently large NN depending on kk, where S(k)S^{(k)} is the product of the operators xjxj\langle\nabla_{x_j}\rangle\langle\nabla_{x'_j}\rangle. Let Γ={γ(k)}k=1\Gamma=\{\gamma^{(k)}\}_{k=1}^{\infty} be a limit point of {ΓN}N=1\{\Gamma_N\}_{N=1}^{\infty}. Klainerman–Machedon conjecture. Every such limit point satisfies the space-time bound

0TR(k)Bj,k+1γ(k+1)(t)Lx,x2dtCk,\int_0^T\left\Vert R^{(k)}B_{j,k+1}\gamma^{(k+1)}(t)\right\Vert_{L^2_{\mathbf{x},\mathbf{x}'}}\,dt\leq C^k,

where R(k)R^{(k)} is the product of xjxj|\nabla_{x_j}||\nabla_{x'_j}| and Bj,k+1B_{j,k+1} is the collision operator obtained by taking the partial trace of the commutator with δ(xjxk+1)\delta(x_j-x_{k+1}). The bound is the key spacetime estimate needed for uniqueness and convergence to the nonlinear Schrödinger hierarchy; the supplied source establishes it as a theorem for β(0,2/3)\beta\in(0,2/3), while the stated range up to β=1\beta=1 is the conjectural formulation.

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Xuwen Chen and Justin Holmer, “On the Klainerman-Machedon Conjecture of the Quantum BBGKY Hierarchy with Self-interaction”, arXiv:1303.5385 (2015).

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