Topics in Quantum Chaos - An Infosys Prize Lecture by Nalini Anantharaman

Topics in Quantum Chaos - An Infosys Prize Lecture by Nalini Anantharaman

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1925 : operators wave mechanics

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1925 : operators wave mechanics

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Topics in Quantum Chaos - An Infosys Prize Lecture by Nalini Anantharaman

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  1. 1 Date: 03 January 2019, 16:00 to
  2. 2 Introduction
  3. 3 Topics in quantum chaos
  4. 4 1. Some history
  5. 5 1913 : Bohr's model of the hydrogen atom
  6. 6 1917 : A paper of Einstein
  7. 7 1925 : operators wave mechanics
  8. 8 Wigner 1950' Random Matrix model for heavy nuclei
  9. 9 Spectral statistics for hydrogen atom in strong magnetic field
  10. 10 Billiard tables
  11. 11 Spectral statistics for several billiard tables
  12. 12 A list of questions and conjectures
  13. 13 II. Quantum ergodicity
  14. 14 Disk
  15. 15 Sphere
  16. 16 Square / torus
  17. 17 Eigenfunctions in a mushroom-shaped billiard. Source A. Backer
  18. 18 Figure: Propagation of a gaussian wave packet in a cardioid. Source A. Backer.
  19. 19 Eigenfunctions in the high frequency limit
  20. 20 QE Theorem simplified: Shnirelman 74, Zelditch 85, Colin de Verdiere 85
  21. 21 Equivalently, there exists a subset S c N of density 1, such that
  22. 22 The full statement uses analysis on phase space, i.e.
  23. 23 Let 2kKEN be an orthonormal basis of L2M, with
  24. 24 Figure: Ergodic billiards. Source A. Backer
  25. 25 Quantum Unique Ergodicity conjecture: Rudnick, Sarnak 94
  26. 26 Theorem: Let M have negative curvature and dimension d. Assume
  27. 27 lll. Toy models
  28. 28 Regular graphs
  29. 29 Why do they seem relevant
  30. 30 A major difference
  31. 31 Some advantages
  32. 32 A geometric assumption
  33. 33 Numerical simulations on Random Regular Graphs RRG
  34. 34 Recent results : deterministic
  35. 35 Examples
  36. 36 Recent results : random
  37. 37 Open questions and suggestions
  38. 38 Q&A

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