Space-Adiabatic Perturbation Theory

dc.creatorPanati, Gianluca
dc.creatorSpohn, Herbert
dc.creatorTeufel, Stefan
dc.date2002-01-25
dc.date2003-12-24
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dc.descriptionWe study approximate solutions to the Schrödinger equation $i\epsi\partialψ_t(x)/\partial t = H(x,-i\epsi\nabla_x) ψ_t(x)$ with the Hamiltonian given as the Weyl quantization of the symbol $H(q,p)$ taking values in the space of bounded operators on the Hilbert space $\Hi_{\rm f}$ of fast ``internal'' degrees of freedom. By assumption $H(q,p)$ has an isolated energy band. Using a method of Nenciu and Sordoni \cite{NS} we prove that interband transitions are suppressed to any order in $\epsi$. As a consequence, associated to that energy band there exists a subspace of $L^2(\mathbb{R}^d,\Hi _{\rm f})$ almost invariant under the unitary time evolution. We develop a systematic perturbation scheme for the computation of effective Hamiltonians which govern approximately the intraband time evolution. As examples for the general perturbation scheme we discuss the Dirac and Born-Oppenheimer type Hamiltonians and we reconsider also the time-adiabatic theory.
dc.description49 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0201055
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0201055
dc.identifierAdv. Theor. Math. Phys. 7 (2003) 145-204
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/56983
dc.subjectMathematical Physics
dc.subject81Q05, 81Q15
dc.titleSpace-Adiabatic Perturbation Theory
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