The Boltzmann Equation for Bose–Einstein Particles: Regularity and Condensation

We study regularity and finite time condensation of distributional solutions of the space-homogeneous and velocity-isotropic Boltzmann equation for Bose–Einstein particles for the hard sphere model. Global in time existence of distributional solutions had been proven before. Here we prove that the equation is locally and can be globally (in time) well-posed for the class of distributional solutions having finite moment of the negative order \(-1/2\) , and solutions in this class with regular initial data are mild solutions in their regularity time-intervals. By observing a necessary condition on the initial data for the absence of condensation at some finite time, we also propose a sufficient condition on the initial data for the occurrence of condensation at all large time, and then using a positivity of a partial collision integral we prove further that the critical time of condensation can be strictly positive.     

The regularity of geodesics in impulsive pp-waves

We consider the geodesic equation in impulsive pp-wave space-times in Rosen form, where the metric is of Lipschitz regularity. We prove that the geodesics (in the sense of Carathéodory) are actually continuously differentiable, thereby rigorously justifying the ${\mathcal C}^1$ -matching procedure which has been used in the literature to explicitly derive the geodesics in space-times of this form.     

Weyl’s Law and Connes’ Trace Theorem for Noncommutative Two Tori

We prove the analogue of Weyl’s law for a noncommutative Riemannian manifold, namely the noncommutative two torus ${\mathbb{T}_{\theta}^{2}}$ equipped with a general translation invariant conformal structure and a Weyl conformal factor. This is achieved by studying the asymptotic distribution of the eigenvalues of the perturbed Laplacian on ${\mathbb{T}_{\theta}^{2}}$ . We also prove the analogue of Connes’ trace theorem by showing that the Dixmier trace and a noncommutative residue coincide on pseudodifferential operators of order ?2 on ${\mathbb{T}_{\theta}^{2}}$ .     

The Bloch–Okounkov Correlation Functions, a Classical Half-integral Case

Bloch and Okounkov’s correlation function on the infinite wedge space has connections to Gromov-Witten theory, Hilbert schemes, symmetric groups, and certain character functions of ${\widehat{ \mathfrak{gl} }_\infty}$ -modules of level one. Recent works have calculated these character functions for higher levels for ${\widehat{ \mathfrak{gl} }_\infty}$ and its Lie subalgebras of classical type. Here we obtain these functions for the subalgebra of type D of half-integral levels and as a byproduct, obtain q-dimension formulas for integral modules of type D at half-integral level.     

On the Well-Posedness and Scattering for the Gross–Pitaevskii Hierarchy via Quantum de Finetti

We prove the existence of scattering states for the defocusing cubic Gross–Pitaevskii (GP) hierarchy in \({\mathbb{R}^3}\) . Moreover, we show that an exponential energy growth condition commonly used in the well-posedness theory of the GP hierarchy is, in a specific sense, necessary. In fact, we prove that without the latter, there exist initial data for the focusing cubic GP hierarchy for which instantaneous blowup occurs.     

Entropic Fluctuations of Quantum Dynamical Semigroups

We study a class of finite dimensional quantum dynamical semigroups $\{\mathrm {e}^{t\mathcal{L}}\}_{t\geq0}$ whose generators $\mathcal{L}$ are sums of Lindbladians satisfying the detailed balance condition. Such semigroups arise in the weak coupling (van Hove) limit of Hamiltonian dynamical systems describing open quantum systems out of equilibrium. We prove a general entropic fluctuation theorem for this class of semigroups by relating the cumulant generating function of entropy transport to the spectrum of a family of deformations of the generator ${\mathcal{L}}$ . We show that, besides the celebrated Evans-Searles symmetry, this cumulant generating function also satisfies the translation symmetry recently discovered by Andrieux et al., and that in the linear regime near equilibrium these two symmetries yield Kubo’s and Onsager’s linear response relations.     

Subfactors of Index Less Than 5, Part 3: Quadruple Points

One major obstacle in extending the classification of small index subfactors beyond ${3 +\sqrt{3}}$ is the appearance of infinite families of candidate principal graphs with 4-valent vertices (in particular, the ??weeds?? ${\mathcal{Q}}$ and ${\mathcal{Q}'}$ from Part 1 (Morrison and Snyder in Commun. Math. Phys., doi:10.1007/s00220-012-1426-y, 2012). Thus instead of using triple point obstructions to eliminate candidate graphs, we need to develop new quadruple point obstructions. In this paper we prove two quadruple point obstructions. The first uses quadratic tangles techniques and eliminates the weed ${\mathcal{Q}'}$ immediately. The second uses connections, and when combined with an additional number theoretic argument it eliminates both weeds ${\mathcal{Q}}$ and ${\mathcal{Q}'}$ . Finally, we prove the uniqueness (up to taking duals) of the 3311 Goodman-de la Harpe-Jones subfactor using a combination of planar algebra techniques and connections.     

Equivariant GW Theory of Stacky Curves

We extend Okounkov and Pandharipande’s work on the equivariant Gromov–Witten theory of ${\mathbb{P}^1}$ to a class of stacky curves ${\mathcal{X}}$ . Our main result uses virtual localization and the orbifold ELSV formula to express the tau function ${\tau_\mathcal{X}}$ as a vacuum expectation on a Fock space. As corollaries, we prove the decomposition conjecture for these ${\mathcal{X}}$ , and prove that ${\tau_\mathcal{X}}$ satisfies a version of the 2-Toda hierarchy. Coupled with degeneration techniques, the result should lead to treatment of general orbifold curves.     

Influence of assortativity and degree-preserving rewiring on the spectra of networks

Newman’s measure for (dis)assortativity, the linear degree correlation coefficient $\rho _{D}$ , is reformulated in terms of the total number N _k of walks in the graph with k hops. This reformulation allows us to derive a new formula from which a degree-preserving rewiring algorithm is deduced, that, in each rewiring step, either increases or decreases $\rho _{D}$ conform our desired objective. Spectral metrics (eigenvalues of graph-related matrices), especially, the largest eigenvalue $\lambda _{1}$ of the adjacency matrix and the algebraic connectivity $\mu _{N-1}$ (second-smallest eigenvalue of the Laplacian) are powerful characterizers of dynamic processes on networks such as virus spreading and synchronization processes. We present various lower bounds for the largest eigenvalue $\lambda _{1}$ of the adjacency matrix and we show, apart from some classes of graphs such as regular graphs or bipartite graphs, that the lower bounds for $\lambda _{1}$ increase with $\rho _{D}$ . A new upper bound for the algebraic connectivity $\mu _{N-1}$ decreases with $\rho _{D}$ . Applying the degree-preserving rewiring algorithm to various real-world networks illustrates that (a) assortative degree-preserving rewiring increases $\lambda _{1}$ , but decreases $\mu _{N-1}$ , even leading to disconnectivity of the networks in many disjoint clusters and that (b) disassortative degree-preserving rewiring decreases $\lambda _{1}$ , but increases the algebraic connectivity, at least in the initial rewirings.     

Sekiguchi-Debiard Operators at Infinity

We construct a family of pairwise commuting operators such that the Jack symmetric functions of infinitely many variables ${x_1,x_2, \ldots}$ are their eigenfunctions. These operators are defined as limits at N → ∞ of renormalised Sekiguchi-Debiard operators acting on symmetric polynomials in the variables ${x_1 , \ldots , x_N}$ . They are differential operators in terms of the power sum variables ${p_n=x_1^n+x_2^n+\cdots}$ and we compute their symbols by using the Jack reproducing kernel. Our result yields a hierarchy of commuting Hamiltonians for the quantum Calogero-Sutherland model with an infinite number of bosonic particles in terms of the collective variables of the model. Our result also yields the elementary step operators for the Jack symmetric functions.     

Smooth Crossed Products of Rieffel’s Deformations

Assume ${\mathcal{A}}$ is a Fréchet algebra equipped with a smooth isometric action of a vector group V, and consider Rieffel’s deformation ${\mathcal{A}_J}$ of ${\mathcal{A}}$ . We construct an explicit isomorphism between the smooth crossed products ${V\ltimes\mathcal{A}_J}$ and ${V\ltimes\mathcal{A}}$ . When combined with the Elliott–Natsume–Nest isomorphism, this immediately implies that the periodic cyclic cohomology is invariant under deformation. Specializing to the case of smooth subalgebras of C^*-algebras, we also get a simple proof of equivalence of Rieffel’s and Kasprzak’s approaches to deformation.     

Antineutrino science in KamLAND

The primary goal of KamLAND is a search for the oscillation of \({\bar{\nu }}_\mathrm{e}\) ’s emitted from distant power reactors. The long baseline, typically 180 km, enables KamLAND to address the oscillation solution of the “solar neutrino problem” with \({\bar{\nu }}_{e} \) ’s under laboratory conditions. KamLAND found fewer reactor \({\bar{\nu }}_{e} \) events than expected from standard assumptions about \(\overline{\nu }_e\) propagation at more than 9 \(\sigma \) confidence level (C.L.). The observed energy spectrum disagrees with the expected spectral shape at more than 5 \(\sigma \) C.L., and prefers the distortion from neutrino oscillation effects. A three-flavor oscillation analysis of the data from KamLAND and KamLAND + solar neutrino experiments with CPT invariance, yields \(\Delta m_{21}^2 \) = [ \(7.54_{-0.18}^{+0.19} \times \) 10 \(^{-5}\) eV \(^{2}\) , \(7.53_{-0.18}^{+0.19} \times \) 10 \(^{-5}\) eV \(^{2}\) ], tan \(^{2}\theta _{12}\) = [ \(0.481_{-0.080}^{+0.092} \) , \(0.437_{-0.026}^{+0.029} \) ], and sin \(^{2}\theta _{13}\) = [ \(0.010_{-0.034}^{+0.033} \) , \(0.023_{-0.015}^{+0.015} \) ]. All solutions to the solar neutrino problem except for the large mixing angle region are excluded. KamLAND also demonstrated almost two cycles of the periodic feature expected from neutrino oscillation effects. KamLAND performed the first experimental study of antineutrinos from the Earth’s interior so-called geoneutrinos (geo \({\bar{\nu }}_{e} \) ’s), and succeeded in detecting geo \({\bar{\nu }}_{e} \) ’s produced by the decays of \(^{238}\) U and \(^{232}\) Th within the Earth. Assuming a chondritic Th/U mass ratio, we obtain \(116_{-27}^{+28} {\bar{\nu }}_{e}\) events from \(^{238}\) U and \(^{232}\) Th, corresponding a geo \({\bar{\nu }}_{e}\) flux of \(3.4_{-0.8}^{+0.8}\times \) 10 \(^{6}\) cm \(^{-2}\)  s \(^{-1}\) at the KamLAND location. We evaluate various bulk silicate Earth composition models using the observed geo \({\bar{\nu }}_{e} \) rate.     

Existence of a Non-Averaging Regime for the Self-Avoiding Walk on a High-Dimensional Infinite Percolation Cluster

Let $Z_N$ be the number of self-avoiding paths of length $N$ starting from the origin on the infinite cluster obtained after performing Bernoulli percolation on ${\mathbb Z} ^d$ with parameter $p>p_c({\mathbb Z} ^d)$ . The object of this paper is to study the connective constant of the dilute lattice $\limsup _{N\rightarrow \infty } Z_N^{1/N}$ , which is a non-random quantity. We want to investigate if the inequality $\limsup _{N\rightarrow \infty } (Z_N)^{1/N} \le \lim _{N\rightarrow \infty } {\mathbb E} [Z_N]^{1/N}$ obtained with the Borel–Cantelli Lemma is strict or not. In other words, we want to know if the quenched and annealed versions of the connective constant are equal. On a heuristic level, this indicates whether or not localization of the trajectories occurs. We prove that when $d$ is sufficiently large there exists $p^{(2)}_c>p_c$ such that the inequality is strict for $p\in (p_c,p^{(2)}_c)$ .     

A Family of Monotone Quantum Relative Entropies

We study here the elementary properties of the relative entropy ${\mathcal{H}_\varphi(A, B) = {\rm Tr}[\varphi(A) - \varphi(B) - \varphi'(B)(A - B)]}$ for φ a convex function and A, B bounded self-adjoint operators. In particular, we prove that this relative entropy is monotone if and only if φ′ is operator monotone. We use this to appropriately define ${\mathcal{H}_\varphi(A, B)}$ in infinite dimension.     

Generalized measure permutation formulas in Feynman’s operational calculi

Measure permutation formulas in Feynman’s operational calculi for noncommuting operators give relationships between the two operators \(\mathcal{T}_{\mu 1,\mu 2} f\left( {\tilde A,\tilde B} \right)\) and \(\mathcal{T}_{\mu 2,\mu 1} f\left( {\tilde A,\tilde B} \right)\) . We develop generalized and iterated measure permutation formulas in the Jefferies-Johnson theory of Feynman’s operational calculi. In particular, we apply our formulas to derive an identity for a function of the Pauli matrices.     

On Certain Kähler Quotients of Quaternionic Kähler Manifolds

We prove that, given a certain isometric action of a two-dimensional Abelian group A on a quaternionic Kähler manifold M which preserves a submanifold N ? M, the quotient M′ = N/A has a natural Kähler structure. We verify that the assumptions on the group action and on the submanifold N ? M are satisfied for a large class of examples obtained from the supergravity c-map. In particular, we find that all quaternionic Kähler manifolds M in the image of the c-map admit an integrable complex structure compatible with the quaternionic structure, such that N ? M is a complex submanifold. Finally, we discuss how the existence of the Kähler structure on M′ is required by the consistency of spontaneous ${\mathcal{N} = 2}$ to ${\mathcal{N} = 1}$ supersymmetry breaking.     

On AB Bond Percolation on the Square Lattice and AB Site Percolation on Its Line Graph

We prove that AB site percolation occurs on the line graph of the square lattice when $p \in (1 - \sqrt {1 - p_c } ,\sqrt {1 - p_c } )$ , where p _c is the critical probability for site percolation in $\mathbb{Z}^2$ . Also, we prove that AB bond percolation does not occur on $\mathbb{Z}^2$ for p = $\frac{1}{2}$ .     

Infinite-Dimensional Schur–Weyl Duality and the Coxeter–Laplace Operator

We extend the classical Schur–Weyl duality between representations of the groups ${SL(n, \mathbb{C})}$ and ${\mathfrak{S}_N}$ to the case of ${SL(n, \mathbb{C})}$ and the infinite symmetric group ${\mathfrak{S}_\mathbb{N}}$ . Our construction is based on a “dynamic,” or inductive, scheme of Schur–Weyl dualities. It leads to a new class of representations of the infinite symmetric group, which has not appeared earlier. We describe these representations and, in particular, find their spectral types with respect to the Gelfand–Tsetlin algebra. The main example of such a representation acts in an incomplete infinite tensor product. As an important application, we consider the weak limit of the so-called Coxeter–Laplace operator, which is essentially the Hamiltonian of the XXX Heisenberg model, in these representations.     

Linear response theory and the KMS condition

The response, relaxation and correlation functions are defined for any vector state ε of a von Neumann algebra \(\mathfrak{M}\) , acting on a Hilbert space ?, satisfying the KMS-condition. An operator representation of these functions is given on a particular Hilbert space . With this technique we prove the existence of the static admittance and the relaxation function. Finally we generalize the fluctuation-dissipation theorem and other relations between the above mentionned functions to infinite systems.