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arxiv: 1904.03703 · v1 · pith:6NVQGZ2Mnew · submitted 2019-04-07 · 🧮 math.AP · math-ph· math.MP

Long time growth of Sobolev norms in time dependent semiclassical anharmonic oscillators

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We consider the semiclassical Schr\"odinger equation on $\mathbb R^d$ given by $$\mathrm{i} \hbar \partial_t \psi = \left(-\frac{\hbar^2}{2} \Delta + W_l(x) \right)\psi + V(t,x)\psi ,$$ where $W_l$ is an anharmonic trapping of the form $W_l(x)= \frac{1}{2l}\sum_{j=1}^d x_j^{2l}$, $l\geq 2$ is an integer and $\hbar$ is a semiclassical small parameter. We construct a smooth potential $V(t,x)$, bounded in time with its derivatives, and an initial datum such that the Sobolev norms of the solution grow at a logarithmic speed for all times of order $\log^{\frac12}(\hbar^{-1})$. The proof relies on two ingredients: first we construct an unbounded solution to a forced mechanical anharmonic oscillator, then we exploit semiclassical approximation with coherent states to obtain growth of Sobolev norms for the quantum system which are valid for semiclassical time scales.

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