Wigner measures and the semi-classical limit to the Aubry-Mather measure

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Abstract

In this paper we investigate the asymptotic behavior of the semi-classical limit of Wigner measures defined on the tangent bundle of the one-dimensional torus. In particular we show the convergence of Wigner measures to the Mather measure on the tangent bundle, for energy levels above the minimum of the effective Hamiltonian. The Wigner measures μhμ_h we consider are associated to ψh,ψ_h, a distinguished critical solution of the Evans' quantum action given by ψh=ah eiuhhψ_h=a_h\,e^{i\frac{u_h}h}, with ah(x)=evh∗(x)−vh(x)2ha_h(x)=e^{\frac{v^*_h(x)-v_h(x)}{2h}}, uh(x)=P⋅x+vh∗(x)+vh(x)2,u_h(x)=P\cdot x+\frac{v^*_h(x)+v_h(x)}{2}, and vh,vh∗v_h,v^*_h satisfying the equations -\frac{h\, Δv_h}{2}+ 1/2 \, | P + D v_h \,|^2 + V &= \bar{H}_h(P), \frac{h\, Δv_h^*}{2}+ 1/2 \, | P + D v_h^* \,|^2 + V &= \bar{H}_h(P), where the constant Hˉh(P)\bar{H}_h(P) is the hh effective potential and xx is on the torus. L.\ C.\ Evans considered limit measures ∣ψh∣2|ψ_h|^2 in Tn\mathbb{T}^n, when h→0h\to 0, for any n≥1n\geq 1. We consider the limit measures on the phase space Tn×Rn\mathbb{T}^n\times\mathbb{R}^n, for n=1n=1, and, in addition, we obtain rigorous asymptotic expansions for the functions vhv_h, and vh∗v^*_h, when h→0h\to 0.

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