Derivation of the two-dimensional nonlinear schrödinger equation from many body quantum dynamics

Kay Kirkpatrick, Benjamin Schlein, Gigliola Staffilani

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Abstract

We derive rigorously, for both R2 and [-L, L] ×2, the cubic nonlinear Schr̈odinger equation in a suitable scaling limit from the two-dimensional many-body Bose systems with short-scale repulsive pair interactions. We first prove convergence of the solution of the BBGKY hierarchy, corresponding to the many-body systems, to a solution of the infinite Gross-Pitaevskii hierarchy, corresponding to the cubic NLS; and then we prove uniqueness for the infinite hierarchy, which requires number-theoretical techniques in the periodic case.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)91-130
Number of pages40
JournalAmerican Journal of Mathematics
Volume133
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2011
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Mathematics

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