Eigenfunction and noise-profile localization conjecture

Let d{1,2,3}d\in\{1,2,3\}. For each n1n\ge 1, let φn,L\varphi_{n,L} be the corresponding eigenfunction, let Un,L[L/2,L/2]dU_{n,L}\in[-L/2,L/2]^d be a point where φn,L|\varphi_{n,L}| reaches its global maximum, and let QQ be the unique radial positive solution on Rd\mathbb R^d of

ΔQQ3=Q.-\Delta Q-Q^3=-Q.

Set aL:=(CdlogL)12d2a_L:= (C_d\log L)^{\frac1{2-\frac d2}} and ψ(x):=Q(x)/QL2\psi_*(x):=Q(x)/\|Q\|_{L^2}. Eigenfunction localization conjecture. For any n1n\ge1, the following convergence holds in probability as LL\to\infty:

(1aLd/4φn,L(Un,L+xaL),xRd)ψ;\left(\frac1{a_L^{d/4}} |\varphi_{n,L}|\left(U_{n,L}+\frac{x}{\sqrt{a_L}}\right),x\in\mathbb R^d\right)\Rightarrow\psi_*; (1aLξ(Un,L+xaL),xRd)ψ2ψL4(Rd)22dCd.\left(\frac1{a_L}\xi\left(U_{n,L}+\frac{x}{\sqrt{a_L}}\right),x\in\mathbb R^d\right)\Rightarrow-\frac{\psi_*^2}{\|\psi_*\|_{L^4(\mathbb R^d)}^2}\sqrt{\frac{2d}{C_d}}.

This predicts that, after centering at a maximum and rescaling by the localization scale aL1/2a_L^{-1/2}, every fixed eigenfunction has the universal profile ψ\psi_*, while the rescaled noise converges to the corresponding squared profile. The source gives the optimizer characterization of QQ and the identity QL44=2d/Cd\|Q\|_{L^4}^4=2d/C_d, but does not state that this conjecture has been proved or refuted.

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Yueh-Sheng Hsu and Cyril Labbé, “Asymptotic of the smallest eigenvalues of the continuous Anderson Hamiltonian in d 3”, arXiv:2108.12230 (2022).

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