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Zied Ammari

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The Schrödinger-Klein-Gordon System Revisited

We introduce a microlocal formulation of the Schr{ö}dinger-Klein-Gordon system describing the interaction between a non-relativistic quantum particle and a Klein-Gordon field through Yukawa coupling. Instead of working directly with the Schr{ö}dinger wave function, we represent the quantum component by its Fourier-Wigner transform, and we rewrite the Klein-Gordon equation in terms of a complex Fourier variable. Eliminating the field variable yields a closed nonlinear Fourier-Moyal equation on phase space whose unknown is the Fourier-Wigner distribution associated with the quantum component. The resulting formulation provides a refined description of the particle-field interaction at the microlocal level. In particular, the original cubic coupling is transformed into a quadratic self-interaction governed by an explicit bilinear operator. This new representation permits the use of techniques from time-frequency analysis. Building on this, we develop a well-posedness theory for the Fourier-Moyal equation in anisotropic spaces involving Wiener-type norms and prescribed moduli of continuity. Local existence and uniqueness are established under general assumptions on the ultraviolet cutoff, together with propagation of microlocal regularity. We then introduce a new construction of weak L 2 -solutions by exploiting compactness properties of Fourier-Wigner transforms and obtain global existence for prepared data. The aim is to provide an alternative analytical framework for the study of Yukawa-type interactions and to establish a bridge between nonlinear dispersive equations and phase-space methods.

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Higher-Order Approximation of Coherent State Dynamics in Self-Interacting Quantum Field Theories

We study the propagation of coherent states in self-interacting bosonic quantum field theories in the semi-classical (mean-field) regime. Relying on Hepp's method and a detailed analysis of the associated classical and quantum field dynamics, non-linear and linear respectively, we construct an asymptotic expansion of arbitrary order for the quantum evolution of coherent states. The results are first established for the spatially cutoff $P(ϕ)_2$ model, under standard assumptions ensuring essential self-adjointness of the Hamiltonian and well-posedness of the classical flow, and are then extended to a class of non-polynomial analytic interactions. This work refines and generalizes earlier results, which identified only the leading-order term of the expansion.

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Semiclassical limit of entropies and free energies

Entropy and free energy are central concepts in both statistical physics and information theory, with quantum and classical facets. In mathematics these concepts appear quite often in different contexts (dynamical systems, probability theory, von Neumann algebras, etc.). In this work, we study the von Neumann and Wehrl entropies from the point of view of semiclassical analysis. We first prove the semiclassical convergence of the von Neumann to the Wehrl entropy for quantum Gibbs states (thermal equilibrium), after a suitable renormalization has been taken into account. Then, we show that, in the same limit, the free energy functional defined with the Wehrl entropy $ Γ-$converges to its classical counterpart, so implying convergence of the minima and the associated minimizers.

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Gibbs measures as local equilibrium KMS states for focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equations

In this paper, we are concerned with the study of statistical equilibria for focusing nonlinear Schrödinger and Hartree equations on the d-dimensional torus when d=1,2,3. Due to the focusing nature of the nonlinearity in these PDEs, Gibbs measures have to be appropriately localized. First, we show that these local Gibbs measures are stationary solutions for the Liouville probability density equation and that they satisfy a local equilibrium Kubo-Martin-Schwinger (KMS) condition. Secondly, under some natural assumptions, we characterize all possible local KMS equilibrium states for these PDEs as local Gibbs measures. Our methods are based on Malliavin calculus in Gross-Stroock Sobolev spaces and on a suitable Gaussian integration by parts formula. To handle the technical problems due to localization, we rely on the works of Aida and Kusuoka on irreducibility of Dirichlet forms over infinite-dimensional domains. This leads us to the study of sublevel sets of the renormalized mass and their connectedness properties. In this paper, we also revisit Bourgain's proof of the normalizability of the local Gibbs measure for the focusing Hartree equation on the d-dimensional torus with d=2,3 by using concentration inequalities.

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Expansion of the Many-body Quantum Gibbs State of the Bose-Hubbard Model on a Finite Graph

We consider the many-body quantum Gibbs state for the Bose-Hubbard model on a finite graph at positive temperature. We scale the interaction with the inverse temperature, corresponding to a mean-field limit where the temperature is of the order of the average particle number. For this model it is known that the many-body Gibbs state converges, as temperature goes to infinity, to the Gibbs measure of a discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation, i.e., a Gibbs measure defined in terms of a one-body theory. In this article we extend these results by proving an expansion to any order of the many-body Gibbs state with inverse temperature as a small parameter. The coefficients in the expansion can be calculated as vacuum expectation values using a recursive formula, and we compute the first two coefficients explicitly.

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Almost sure existence of global solutions for general initial value problems

This article is concerned with the almost sure existence of global solutions for initial value problems of the form $\dotγ(t)= v(t,γ(t))$ on separable dual Banach spaces. We prove a general result stating that whenever there exists $(μ_t)_{t\in \mathbb{R}}$ a family of probability measures satisfying a related statistical Liouville equation, there exist global solutions to the initial value problem for $μ_0$-almost all initial data, possibly without uniqueness. The main assumption is a mild integrability condition of the vector field $v$ with respect to $(μ_t)_{t\in \mathbb{R}}$. As a notable application, we obtain from the above principle that Gibbs and Gaussian measures yield low regularity global solutions for several nonlinear dispersive PDEs as well as fluid mechanics equations including the Hartree, Klein-Gordon, NLS, Euler and modified surface quasi-geostrophic equations. In this regard, our result generalizes Bourgain's method as well as Albeverio & Cruzeiro's method of constructing low regularity global solutions, without the need for local well-posedness analysis.

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Towards a derivation of Classical ElectroDynamics of charges and fields from QED

The purpose of this article is twofold. On one hand, we rigorously derive the Newton--Maxwell equation in the Coulomb gauge from first principles of quantum electrodynamics in agreement with the formal Bohr's correspondence principle of quantum mechanics. On the other hand, we establish the global well-posedness of the Newton--Maxwell system on energy-spaces under weak assumptions on the charge distribution. Both results improve the state of the art, and are obtained by incorporating semiclassical and measure theoretical techniques. One of the novelties is the use of quantum propagation properties in order to build global solutions of the Newton--Maxwell equation.

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Semiclassical analysis of quantum asymptotic fields in the Yukawa theory

In this article, we study the asymptotic fields of the Yukawa particle-field model of quantum physics, in the semiclassical regime $\hslash\to 0$, with an interaction subject to an ultraviolet cutoff. We show that the transition amplitudes between final (respectively initial) states converge towards explicit quantities involving the outgoing (respectively incoming) wave operators of the nonlinear Schrödinger-Klein-Gordon (S-KG) equation. Thus, we rigorously link the scattering theory of the Yukawa model to that of the Schrödinger-Klein-Gordon equation. Moreover, we prove that the asymptotic vacuum states of the Yukawa model have a phase space concentration property around classical radiationless solutions. Under further assumptions, we show that the S-KG energy admits a unique minimizer modulo symmetries and identify exactly the semiclassical measure of Yukawa ground states. Some additional consequences of asymptotic completeness are also discussed, and some further open questions are raised.

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Gibbs measures as unique KMS equilibrium states of nonlinear Hamiltonian PDEs

The classical Kubo-Martin-Schwinger (KMS) condition is a fundamental property of statistical mechanics characterizing the equilibrium of infinite classical mechanical systems. It was introduced in the seventies by G. Gallavotti and E. Verboven as an alternative to the Dobrushin-Lanford-Ruelle (DLR) equation. In this article, we consider this concept in the framework of nonlinear Hamiltonian PDEs and discuss its relevance. In particular, we prove that Gibbs measures are the unique KMS equilibrium states for such systems. Our proof is based on Malliavin calculus and Gross-Sobolev spaces. The main feature of our work is the applicability of our results to the general context of white noise, abstract Wiener spaces and Gaussian probability spaces, as well as to fundamental examples of PDEs like the nonlinear Schrodinger, Hartree, and wave (Klein-Gordon) equations.

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On well-posedness and uniqueness for general hierarchy equations of Gross-Pitaevskii and Hartree type

Gross-Pitaevskii and Hartree hierarchies are infinite systems of coupled PDEs emerging naturally from the mean field theory of Bose gases. Their solutions are known to be related to an initial value problem, respectively the Gross-Pitaevskii and Hartree equations. Due to their physical and mathematical relevance, the issues of well-posedness and uniqueness for these hierarchies have recently been studied thoroughly using specific nonlinear and combinatorial techniques. In this article, we introduce a new approach for the study of such hierarchy equations by firstly establishing a duality between them and certain Liouville equations and secondly solving the uniqueness and existence questions for the latter. As an outcome, we formulate a hierarchy equation starting from any initial value problem which is $U(1)$-invariant and prove a general principle which can be stated formally as follows: (i) Uniqueness for weak solutions of an initial value problem implies the uniqueness of solutions for the related hierarchy equation. (ii) Existence of solutions for the initial value problem implies existence of solutions for the related hierarchy equation. In particular, several new well-posedness results as well as a counterexample to uniqueness for the Gross-Pitaevskii hierarchy equation are proved. The novelty in our work lies in the aforementioned duality and the use of Liouville equations with powerful transport techniques extended to infinite dimensional functional spaces.

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Quantum mean field asymptotics and multiscale analysis

We study, via multiscale analysis, some defect of compactness phenomena which occur in bosonic and fermionic quantum mean-field problems. The approach relies on a combination of mean-field asymptotics and second microlocalized semiclassical measures. The phase space geometric description is illustrated by various examples.

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On the uniqueness of probability measure solutions to Liouville's equation of Hamiltonian PDEs

In this paper, we give a uniqueness result to a transport equation fulfilled by probability measure on a infinite dimensional Hilbert space. Main arguments are based on projective aspects and a probabilistic representation of the solutions. It extends the work of Maniglia, which concerns the finite dimensional case and the work of Ammari and Nier, for a wider class of velocity field.

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Bohr's correspondence principle in quantum field theory and classical renormalization scheme: the Nelson model

In the mid Sixties Edward Nelson proved the existence of a consistent quantum field theory that describes the Yukawa-like interaction of a non-relativistic nucleon field with a relativistic meson field. Since then it is thought, despite the renormalization procedure involved in the construction, that the quantum dynamics should be governed in the classical limit by a Schrödinger-Klein-Gordon system with Yukawa coupling. In the present paper we prove this fact in the form of a Bohr correspondence principle. Besides, our result enlighten the nature of the renormalization method employed in this model which we interpret as a strategy that allows to put the related classical Hamiltonian PDE in a normal form suitable for a canonical quantization.

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On the rate of convergence for the mean field approximation of many-body quantum dynamics

We consider the time evolution of quantum states by many-body Schrödinger dynamics and study the rate of convergence of their reduced density matrices in the mean field limit. If the prepared state at initial time is of coherent or factorized type and the number of particles $n$ is large enough then it is known that $1/n$ is the correct rate of convergence at any time. We show in the simple case of bounded pair potentials that the previous rate of convergence holds in more general situations with possibly correlated prepared states. In particular, it turns out that the coherent structure at initial time is unessential and the important fact is rather the speed of convergence of all reduced density matrices of the prepared states. We illustrate our result with several numerical simulations and examples of multi-partite entangled quantum states borrowed from quantum information.

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Wigner measures approach to the classical limit of the Nelson model: Convergence of dynamics and ground state energy

We consider the classical limit of the Nelson model, a system of stable nucleons interacting with a meson field. We prove convergence of the quantum dynamics towards the evolution of the coupled Klein-Gordon-Schrödinger equation. Also, we show that the ground state energy level of $N$ nucleons, when $N$ is large and the meson field approaches its classical value, is given by the infimum of the classical energy functional at a fixed density of particles. Our study relies on a recently elaborated approach for mean field theory and uses Wigner measures.

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Mean field propagation of infinite dimensional Wigner measures with a singular two-body interaction potential

We consider the quantum dynamics of many bosons systems in the mean field limit with a singular pair-interaction potential, including the attractive or repulsive Coulombic case in three dimensions. By using a measure transportation technique, we show that Wigner measures propagate along the nonlinear Hartree flow. Such property was previously proved only for bounded potentials in our previous works with a slightly different strategy.

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On the classical limit of self-interacting quantum field Hamiltonians with cutoffs

We study, using Hepp's method, the propagation of coherent states for a general class of self interacting bosonic quantum field theories with spatial cutoffs. This includes models with non-polynomial interactions in the field variables. We show indeed that the time evolution of coherent states, in the classical limit, is well approximated by time-dependent affine Bogoliubov unitary transformations. Our analysis relies on a non-polynomial Wick quantization and a specific hypercontractive estimate.

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Singularity \& Regularity Issues for Simplified Models of Turbulence

We consider a family of Leray-$α$ models with periodic boundary conditions in three space dimensions. Such models are a regularization, with respect to a parameter $θ$, of the Navier-Stokes equations. In particular, they share with the original equation (NS) the property of existence of global weak solutions. We establish an upper bound on the Hausdorff dimension of the time singular set of those weak solutions when $θ$ is subcritical. The result is an interpolation between the bound proved by Scheffer for the Navier-Stokes equations and the regularity result proved in \cite{A01}.

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