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Benjamin Landon

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arXiv2019

Applications of mesoscopic CLTs in random matrix theory

We present some applications of central limit theorems on mesoscopic scales for random matrices. When combined with the recent theory of "homogenization" for Dyson Brownian Motion, this yields the universality of quantities which depend on the behavior of single eigenvalues of Wigner matrices and $β$-ensembles. Among the results we obtain are the Gaussian fluctuations of single eigenvalues for Wigner matrices (without an assumption of 4 matching moments) and classical $β$-ensembles ($β=1, 2, 4$), Gaussian fluctuations of the eigenvalue counting function, and an asymptotic expansion up to order $o(N^{-1})$ for the expected value of eigenvalues in the bulk of the spectrum. The latter result solves a conjecture of Tao and Vu.

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arXiv2019

Fluctuations of the overlap at low temperature in the 2-spin spherical SK model

We describe the fluctuations of the overlap between two replicas in the 2-spin spherical SK model about its limiting value in the low temperature phase. We show that the fluctuations are of order $N^{-1/3}$ and are given by a simple, explicit function of the eigenvalues of a matrix from the Gaussian Orthogonal Ensemble. We show that this quantity converges and describe its limiting distribution in terms of the Airy1random point field (i.e., the joint limit of the extremal eigenvalues of the GOE) from random matrix theory.

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arXiv2017

Edge statistics of Dyson Brownian motion

We consider the edge statistics of Dyson Brownian motion with deterministic initial data. Our main result states that if the initial data has a spectral edge with rough square root behavior down to a scale $η_* \geq N^{-2/3}$ and no outliers, then after times $t \gg \sqrt{ η_*}$, the statistics at the spectral edge agree with the GOE/GUE. In particular we obtain the optimal time to equilibrium at the edge $t = N^{\varepsilon} / N^{1/3}$ for sufficiently regular initial data. Our methods rely on eigenvalue rigidity results similar to those appearing in [Lee-Schnelli], the coupling idea of [Bourgade-Erdős-Yau-Yin] and the energy estimate of [Bourgade-Erdős-Yau].

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arXiv2017

Transition from Tracy-Widom to Gaussian fluctuations of extremal eigenvalues of sparse Erdős-Rényi graphs

We consider the statistics of the extreme eigenvalues of sparse random matrices, a class of random matrices that includes the normalized adjacency matrices of the Erdős-Rényi graph $G(N,p)$. Tracy-Widom fluctuations of the extreme eigenvalues for $p\gg N^{-2/3}$ was proved in [17,46]. We prove that there is a crossover in the behavior of the extreme eigenvalues at $p\sim N^{-2/3}$. In the case that $N^{-7/9}\ll p\ll N^{-2/3}$, we prove that the extreme eigenvalues have asymptotically Gaussian fluctuations. Under a mean zero condition and when $p=CN^{-2/3}$, we find that the fluctuations of the extreme eigenvalues are given by a combination of the Gaussian and the Tracy-Widom distribution. These results show that the eigenvalues at the edge of the spectrum of sparse Erdős-Rényi graphs are less rigid than those of random $d$-regular graphs [4] of the same average degree.

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arXiv2017

Local law and mesoscopic fluctuations of Dyson Brownian motion for general $β$ and potential

We study Dyson Brownian motion with general potential $V$ and for general $β\geq 1$. For short times $t = o (1)$ and under suitable conditions on $V$ we obtain a local law and corresponding rigidity estimates on the particle locations; that is, with overwhelming probability, the particles are close to their classical locations with an almost-optimal error estimate. Under the condition that the density of states of the initial data is bounded below and above down to the scale $η_* \ll t \ll 1$, we prove a mesoscopic central limit theorem for linear statistics at all scales $N^{-1}\llη\ll t$

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arXiv2017

Local spectral statistics of the addition of random matrices

We consider the local statistics of $H = V^* X V + U^* Y U$ where $V$ and $U$ are independent Haar-distributed unitary matrices, and $X$ and $Y$ are deterministic real diagonal matrices. In the bulk, we prove that the gap statistics and correlation functions coincide with the GUE in the limit when the matrix size $N \to \infty$ under mild assumptions on $X$ and $Y$. Our method relies on running a carefully chosen diffusion on the unitary group and comparing the resulting eigenvalue process to Dyson Brownian motion. Our method also applies to the case when $V$ and $U$ are drawn from the orthogonal group. Our proof relies on the local law for $H$ proved by [Bao-Erdős-Schnelli] as well as the DBM convergence results of [L.-Sosoe-Yau].

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arXiv2016

Convergence of local statistics of Dyson Brownian motion

We analyze the rate of convergence of the local statistics of Dyson Brownian motion to the GOE/GUE for short times $t=o(1)$ with deterministic initial data V . Our main result states that if the density of states of $V$ is bounded both above and away from $0$ down to scales $\ell \ll t$ in a small interval of size $G \gg t$ around an energy $E_0$, then the local statistics coincide with the GOE/GUE near the energy $E_0$ after time $t$. Our methods are partly based on the idea of coupling two Dyson Brownian motions from [6], the parabolic regularity result of [15], and the eigenvalue rigidity results of [21].

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arXiv2015

Spectral statistics of sparse Erdős-Rényi graph Laplacians

We consider the bulk eigenvalue statistics of Laplacian matrices of large Erdős-Rényi random graphs in the regime $p \geq N^δ/N$ for any fixed $δ>0$. We prove a local law down to the optimal scale $η\gtrsim N^{-1}$ which implies that the eigenvectors are delocalized. We consider the local eigenvalue statistics and prove that both the gap statistics and averaged correlation functions coincide with the GOE in the bulk.

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arXiv2015

Reflection probabilities of one-dimensional Schroedinger operators and scattering theory

The dynamic reflection probability and the spectral reflection probability for a one-dimensional Schroedinger operator $H = - Δ+ V$ are characterized in terms of the scattering theory of the pair $(H, H_\infty)$ where $H_\infty$ is the operator obtained by decoupling the left and right half-lines $\mathbb{R}_{\leq 0}$ and $\mathbb{R}_{\geq 0}$. An immediate consequence is that these reflection probabilities are in fact the same, thus providing a short and transparent proof of the main result of Breuer, J., E. Ryckman, and B. Simon (2010) . This approach is inspired by recent developments in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics of the electronic black box model and follows a strategy parallel to the Jacobi case.

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arXiv2015

Bulk universality of sparse random matrices

We consider the adjacency matrix of the ensemble of Erdős-Rényi random graphs which consists of graphs on $N$ vertices in which each edge occurs independently with probability $p$. We prove that in the regime $pN \gg 1$ these matrices exhibit bulk universality in the sense that both the averaged $n$-point correlation functions and distribution of a single eigenvalue gap coincide with those of the GOE. Our methods extend to a class of random matrices which includes sparse ensembles whose entries have different variances.

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arXiv2015

Entropic fluctuations of XY quantum spin chains

We consider an XY quantum spin chain that consists of a left, center and right part initially at thermal equilibrium at temperatures $T_l$, $T_c$, and $T_r$, respectively. The left and right systems are infinitely extended thermal reservoirs and the central system is a small quantum system linking these two reservoirs. If there is a temperature differential, then heat and entropy will flow from one part of the chain to the other. We consider the Evans-Searles and Gallavotti-Cohen functionals which describe the fluctuations of this flux with respect to the initial state of the system and the non-equilibrium steady state reached by the system in the large time limit. We also define the full counting statistics for the XY chain and consider the associated entropic functional, as well a natural class of functionals that interpolate between the full counting statistics functional and the direct quantization of the variational characterization of the Evans-Searles functional which appears in classical non-equilibrium statistical mechanics. The Jordan-Wigner transformation associates a free Fermi gas and Jacobi matrix to our XY chain. Using this representation we are able to compute the entropic functionals in the large time limit in terms of the scattering data of the underlying Jacobi matrix. We show that the Gallavotti-Cohen and Evans-Searles functionals are identical in this limit. Furthermore, we show that all of these entropic functionals are equal in the large time limit if and only if the underlying Jacobi matrix is reflectionless.

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arXiv2014

Reflectionless CMV matrices and scattering theory

Reflectionless CMV matrices are studied using scattering theory. By changing a single Verblunsky coefficient a full-line CMV matrix can be decoupled and written as the sum of two half-line operators. Explicit formulas for the scattering matrix associated to the coupled and decoupled operators are derived. In particular, it is shown that a CMV matrix is reflectionless iff the scattering matrix is off-diagonal which in turn provides a short proof of an important result of [Breuer-Ryckman-Simon]. These developments parallel those recently obtained for Jacobi matrices.

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arXiv2013

A note on reflectionless Jacobi matrices

The property that a Jacobi matrix is reflectionless is usually characterized either in terms of Weyl m-functions or the vanishing of the real part of the boundary values of the diagonal matrix elements of the resolvent. We introduce a characterization in terms of stationary scattering theory (the vanishing of the reflection coefficients) and prove that this characterization is equivalent to the usual ones. We also show that the new characterization is equivalent to the notion of being dynamically reflectionless, thus providing a short proof of an important result of [Breuer-Ryckman-Simon]. The motivation for the new characterization comes from recent studies of the non-equilibrium statistical mechanics of the electronic black box model and we elaborate on this connection. To appear in Commun. Math. Phys.

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arXiv2012

The ground state energy of the multi-polaron in the strong coupling limit

We consider the Fröhlich $N$-polaron Hamiltonian in the strong coupling limit and bound the ground state energy from below. In particular, our lower bound confirms that the ground state energy of the Fröhlich polaron and the ground state energy of the associated Pekar-Tomasevich variational problem are asymptotically equal in the strong coupling limit. We generalize the operator approach that was used to prove a similar result in the N=1 case in Lieb and Thomas (1997) and apply a Feynman-Kac formula to obtain the same result for an arbitrary particle number $N \geq 1$.

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arXiv2011

The scattering length at positive temperature

A positive temperature analogue of the scattering length of a potential $V$ can be defined via integrating the difference of the heat kernels of $-Δ$ and $-Δ+ \frac 12 V$, with $Δ$ the Laplacian. An upper bound on this quantity is a crucial input in the derivation of a bound on the critical temperature of a dilute Bose gas \cite{SU}. In \cite{SU} a bound was given in the case of finite range potentials and sufficiently low temperature. In this paper, we improve the bound and extend it to potentials of infinite range.

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