Physics – Mathematical Physics
Scientific paper
2009-01-21
Invent. Math. 183 (2011) 79-188
Physics
Mathematical Physics
89 pages, 13 figures; Discussion and references updated in sections 1 and 2. Text revised and new figures added to help in fol
Scientific paper
10.1007/s00222-010-0276-5
It is common practice to approximate a weakly nonlinear wave equation through a kinetic transport equation, thus raising the issue of controlling the validity of the kinetic limit for a suitable choice of the random initial data. While for the general case a proof of the kinetic limit remains open, we report on first progress. As wave equation we consider the nonlinear Schrodinger equation discretized on a hypercubic lattice. Since this is a Hamiltonian system, a natural choice of random initial data is distributing them according to the corresponding Gibbs measure with a chemical potential chosen so that the Gibbs field has exponential mixing. The solution psi_t(x) of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation yields then a stochastic process stationary in x in Z^d and t in R. If lambda denotes the strength of the nonlinearity, we prove that the space-time covariance of psi_t(x) has a limit as lambda -> 0 for t=lambda^(-2)*tau, with tau fixed and |tau| sufficiently small. The limit agrees with the prediction from kinetic theory.
Lukkarinen Jani
Spohn Herbert
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