Non-Boltzmann limiting dynamics for periodic quantum transport

Let L(t)L(t) denote the limiting family of linear operators arising in the scaling limit where the quantum wavelength and scattering radius satisfy h=r0h=r\to0, with observables evolved on the time scale tr1dt r^{1-d}. For suitable Weyl symbols a,bS(Rd×Rd)a,b\in\mathcal S(\mathbb R^d\times\mathbb R^d), write A=Opr,h(a)A=\operatorname{Op}_{r,h}(a) and B=Opr,h(b)B=\operatorname{Op}_{r,h}(b). Non-Boltzmann limit conjecture. There exists a family of linear operators

L(t):L1(Rd×Rd)L1(Rd×Rd)L(t):\operatorname{L}^1(\mathbb R^d\times\mathbb R^d)\to\operatorname{L}^1(\mathbb R^d\times\mathbb R^d)

such that, for all such a,ba,b and t>0t>0,

limh=r0A(tr1d),BHS=L(t)a,b,\lim_{h=r\to0}\langle A(t r^{1-d}),B\rangle_{\operatorname{HS}}=\langle L(t)a,b\rangle,

while L(t)a(x,y)L(t)a(\boldsymbol{x},\boldsymbol{y}) is in general not a solution of the linear Boltzmann equation. This formulates the expected higher-order limiting dynamics in the periodic setting; the supplied text does not establish whether the assertion is proved or remains open.

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Jory Griffin and Jens Marklof, “Quantum Transport in a Low-Density Periodic Potential: Homogenisation via Homogeneous Flows”, arXiv:1805.06860 (2019).

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