2022-06-22
11:30hrs.

Walter Alberto de Siqueira Pedra . Universidad de São Paulo
Equilibrium States of Many-Body (Fermion) Systems with Long-Range Interactions
Sala 1
Abstract:
We present our results on infinite volume equilibrium states of many-fermion systems on the lattice with mean-field interactions ("Non-cooperative Equilibria of Fermi Systems with Long-Range Interactions", Memoirs of the AMS, 2013) in relation to our recent contributions on Kac limits for equilibrium states ("From Short-Range to Mean-Field Models in Quantum Lattices", arXiv:2203.01021): We recently proved that under very general conditions such long-range limits of equilibria of short-range models are equilibria of some naturally associated mean-field model. This is reminiscent of well-known works of Penrose and Lebowitz (1966, classical case), and Lieb (1971, quantum), on the Kac limit of the pressure in the thermodynamic limit.

2022-06-09
15:30hrs.

Edgardo Stockmeyer. Pontificia Universidad Católica - Facultad de Física
Sobre la estabilidad de la ecuación de Dirac no-lineal en el modelo de Soler
Edificio Felipe Villanueva
Abstract:
Consideramos soluciones de tipo "onda estacionaria" en la ecuación de Dirac de dimensionalidad 1+1
en el modelo de Soler. La ecuación resultante tiene una no linealidad de tipo masa. En contraste con

2022-06-02
14:30hrs.

Leonardo Gordillo. Usach
Universalidad de arrugas en tubos recubiertos internamente
Edificio Felipe Villanueva
Abstract:
Cuando se somete un tubo con un recubrimiento interno a un presión negativa en su interior, se produces arrugas en su cara interna. Para estudiar este fenómeno, derivamos una ecuación simple que modela las propiedades elásticas del recubrimiento, las fuerzas de ligadura internas del recubrimiento, las fuerzas externas del sustrato y la presión impuesta. Luego, usamos continuación numérica para construir diagramas de bifurcación de las deformación en el plano en función de la presión, cuyos resultados están en excelente acuerdo con una teoría no lineal que hemos desarrollado. Este marco explica cómo la amplitud y la longitud de onda de las arrugas son seleccionadas en función de los parámetros del sistema. Más aún demostramos que la forma de las arrugas es universal en una amplia familia de sistemas de este tipo. También mostramos la aparición de pliegues y de modos mixtos. El sistema bajo análisis es el punto de inicio para comprender la formación de arrugas en los endotelios arteriales bajo cambios de presión, que han mostrado tener un rol vital en las propiedades auto-limpiantes del sistema circulatorio.

2022-05-12
14:30hrs.

Rafael Benguria . Pontificia Universidad Católica - Facultad de Física
Bounds on the maximum ionization of atoms
Edificio Felipe Villanueva
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2021-12-01
15:45 hrs.

Danilo Polo. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Linear response theory for quantum spin systems
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Abstract:
Linear response theory is a tool with which one can study systems that are driven out of equilibrium by external perturbations. The aim of this talk is to discuss the validity of linear response theory for quantum spin systems where the manifold of ground states is separated from the rest of the spectrum by a spectral gap. In addition, as one important application of the linear response theory, I provide a rigorous proof of the quantization of the orbital polarization induced by an adiabatic change of the Hamiltonian of an interacting system in a ground state, with error estimates uniform in the system size.

Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/96349024419?pwd=ckhXL2U4K2FIb3dpZUYvSmRuN1ZRZz09

Meeting ID: 963 4902 4419

Passcode: FisMat

2021-07-07
15:45 hrs.

Jaime Gómez. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Scattering Para Operadores Unitarios, Parte 2
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Abstract:
En esta charla se hará una presentación de [1], en donde se exhibe una construcción de la teoría de scattering para operadores unitarios haciendo uso de los operadores de onda estacionarios. Se darán las definiciones, fórmulas y propiedades de estos operadores, asimismo de los operadores de onda fuertes y de la matriz S; además de entregar condiciones sobre los operadores de onda de modo que existan y sean iguales. Adicionalmente, se presenta un ejemplo en el cual se ilustran fórmulas de representación para los operadores de onda como para su matriz S.

[1] R. Tiedra de Aldecoa, Stationary scattering theory for unitary operators with an application to quantum walks, J. Funct. Anal. 279 (2020), no.7, 108704, 33 pp.

2021-06-30
15:45 hrs.

Jaime Gómez. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Scattering para operadores unitarios, parte 1
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Abstract:
TBA

2021-03-31
15:45 hrs.

Walter Alberto de Siqueira Pedra. Universidade de São Paulo
Classical Dynamics from Self-Consistency in Quantum Mechanics
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Abstract:
In 1973, Lieb and Hepp showed in a pioneering work that the time evolution of some extensive quantities related to a model for quantum spins with mean-field interaction are exactly described by classical equations of motion, at infinite volume. In particular, a Poisson bracket naturally appears in this context. During the last three decades, Pavel Bóna has developed a so-called non-linear generalization of quantum mechanics, which is based on symplectic structures for density matrices. This generalization furnishes a general abstract setting which is very convenient to study the emergence of macroscopic classical dynamics from microscopic quantum processes. In this talk, I will present a new mathematical approach to Bona's non-linear quantum mechanics, which was recently proposed in a joint work with Jean-Bernard Bru. It has a domain of applicability that is much broader than Bona's original one, and it highlights the central role of self-consistency. In this new approach, we construct a dense Poisson algebra of (weak*-)continuous functions whose domain is the set of states of any given separable unital C*-algebra. Thus, any fixed element of the Poisson algebra (which is seen as a classical Hamiltonian) yields a densely defined (generally unbounded) symmetric derivation for continuous functions. We show, by applying a notion of self-consistency, that the closure of these derivations generate positivity preserving C0-groups (i.e., Feller groups) acting on the continuous functions on the set of quantum states. In many cases, such groups preserve non-trivial Poisson subalgebras and define on them a dynamics which is equivalent to that of some simple classical mechanical system (like a classical rotor, and others). One important outcome of our method is a proof that the infinite volume dynamics of a general quantum lattice model with mean-field (long-range) interactions is always governed by an equation of motion associated with an effective short-range quantum interaction coupled to a background satisfying a classical evolution equation (Liouville's equation).

2020-12-02
15:45 hrs.

Rafael Benguria. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Estimaciones óptimas del primer autovalor del operador de Dirac en dominios suaves en dos dimensiones en términos de la geometría del dominio
https://zoom.us/j/93451228774?pwd=eUwxQzN0S1pHYXZFL0diZ1QyZWZKdz09
Abstract:
En esta charla presentaré nuevos resultados sobre la estimación del primer autovalor del operador de Dirac en dominios suaves en dos dimensiones, en términos de la geometría del dominio. Las condiciones de borde que consideramos son las llamadas "condiciones de borde masa infinita". Las estimaciones por arriba son óptimas y las por abajo casi óptimas. Este problema surge del estudio de los "puntos cuánticos". Esta charla está basada en trabajo conjunto con P. Antunes (Lisboa), V. Lotoreichik (Praga) y T. Ourmieres-Bonafos (Marsella).

2020-11-25
12:00 hrs.

Hermann Schulz-Baldes. University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Flat bands of surface states via index theory of Toeplitz operators with Besov symbols
https://zoom.us/j/91999243096?pwd=dW5iQjVFMTh4RlR4N09OY2FNQS9Zdz09
Abstract:
The scope of the index-theoretic approach to the bulk-boundary correspondence is extended to a pseudo-gap regime. For the case of a half-space graphene model with an edge of arbitrary cutting angle, this allows to express the density of surface as a linear combination of the winding numbers of the bulk. The new technical element is an index theorem for Toeplitz operators with non-commutative symbols from a  Besov space for operators in a finite von Neumann algebra equipped with an R-action. For such operators a type II1 analogue of Peller's traceclass characterization for Toeplitz operators is proved. This is joint work with Tom Stoiber.

2020-10-28
15:45 hrs.

Marouane Assal. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization conditions and eigenvalue splitting for a system of coupled Schrödinger operators in the semiclassical limit
https://zoom.us/j/94064012826?pwd=Tk1QTlBUUnpBQWRWVmtCbC9FKy9lZz09
Abstract:
I will present recent results in collaboration with Setsuro Fujiié (Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto) on the distribution of eigenvalues of a one-dimensional system of coupled Schrödinger operators in the semiclassical limit. We are interested in a model where the diagonal elements of the system are Schrödinger operators on the real line with real potentials each of them admits a simple well, and the anti-diagonal elements are first order differential operators which play the role of the interaction. Such systems arise as important models in the Born-Oppenheimer approximation of molecular dynamics. We provide Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization conditions for the eigenvalues of the system in both cases where the characteristic sets admit a tangential and transversal crossings in the phase space and give precise estimates on the location of the spectrum in the semiclassical limit. In particular, in the case of symmetric wells, the eigenvalue splitting occurs and we prove that the splitting is of polynomial order, of order $h^{4/3}$ in the tangential case and of order $h^{3/2}$ in the transversal case. If I have time I will also discuss some recent results on quantum resonances for similar systems.

2020-10-21
15:45 hrs.

Vicente Lenz. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Spectral Theory for the Thermal Hamiltonian
https://zoom.us/j/95875051216?pwd=eTFMUXNiVGRlaW1zWVRLb3VsWlhSZz09
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We will study the operator Hr, called the Thermal Hamiltonian, originally pro­posed by Luttinger to study the effects of a thermal gradient in the matter. We will start by rigurously defining the initially formally self-adjoint operator Hr, as well as sorne unitarily equivalent operators. Then we will study their spectral prop­erties, and compute their unperturbed time evolution, as their Green functions and resolvent family. We will conclude that section by presenting a convolution poten­tials family for which the scattering conditions are satisfied. Finally we will study the dynamics defined by the classical case.

2020-10-14
15:45 hrs.

Rafael Tiedra de Aldecoa. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Stationary scattering theory for unitary operators with an application to quantum walks
Zoom Meeting ID: 99457773595, Password: FisMat
Abstract:

We present a general account on the stationary scattering theory for unitary operators in a two-Hilbert spaces setting. For unitary operators $U_0,U$ in Hilbert spaces ${\mathcal H}_0,{\mathcal H}$ and an identification operator $J:{\mathcal H}_0\to{\mathcal H}$, we give the definitions and collect properties of the stationary wave operators, the strong wave operators, the scattering operator and the scattering matrix for the triple $(U,U_0,J)$. In particular, we exhibit conditions under which the stationary wave operators and the strong wave operators exist and coincide, and we derive representation formulas for the stationary wave operators and the scattering matrix. As an application, we show that these representation formulas are satisfied for a class of anisotropic quantum walks recently introduced in the literature.

https://zoom.us/j/99457773595?pwd=VXdKWEM0OUE2VkY2YWZySkRMWkxOUT09

2020-09-30
15:45 hrs.

Rafael Tiedra de Aldecoa. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Mourre theory for unitary operators in two Hilbert spaces and quantum walks on trees
https://zoom.us/j/93311125756?pwd=Tk96UlNwNDJCaElIZVNCTWc2azQ0UT09

2020-05-20
15:45 hrs.

Asaf Levi Franco Arellano. Unam
Operadores de Sturm-Liouville Con Interacciones Puntuales
online seminar with zoom
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2020-01-22
15:45 hrs.

Francesco Chiacchio. Universidad de Nápoles
Some isoperimetric problems in the Euclidean space with density
Sala 5, Facultad de Matemáticas
Abstract:
We will discuss the isoperimetric problem for factorized measures obtained as perturbations of the Gaussian and the anti-Gaussian, respectively. Among other things, we will show that some isoperimetric problems, for which balls centered at the origin are stable, have no solutions.Time permitting, some applications, like, for instance, Faber-Krahn type inequalities will be presented too. (Joint works with F. Brock and A. Mercaldo)

2019-12-04
15:45 hrs.

Diego Garcia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Nematic Bulk Superconductivity In Presence Of An Electric Field
Sala 5
Abstract:
In this talk I will show the theoretical framework for the obtention of a nematic inhomogeneous superfluid model, in presence of an electric field, by using the Ginzburg Landau theory. In this context, I will conclude that the irrotational part of the superfluid current and the electric field influences the possibility of a Fréedericksz transition for the molecular alignment. Furthermore, under several assumptions, this transition is determined by a non trivial solution for the nematic phase of the system. Finally, I will suggest a set of mathematical open questions that could contribute to understand this problem. This is a joint work with Juan Pablo Borgna (Universidad de San Martin, Argentina) and Mariano De Leo (Universidad de General Sarmiento, Argentina).

2019-10-09
15:45 hrs.

Marcone Corrêa Pereira. Universidad de Sao Paulo
A nonlocal approach to spatial spread in thin structures
Sala 5
Abstract:
In this talk we discuss an approach to considerer spatial spread in $N$-dimensional thin structures.  We introduce equations with nonlocal dispersal and defined in tight domains contrasting it with its corresponding local diffusion equation with Neumann and Dirichlet boundary conditions. Here the thin structure effect is modeled by an $\epsilon$-parameter family of open sets which squeezes to a lower dimension open set as $\epsilon \to 0$. The asymptotic behavior of the solutions is analyzed and the results are compared with classical situations to elliptic equations in thin domains.

2019-09-11
15:45 hrs.

Juan Felipe Lopez Restrepo. Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Edge States and Selfadjoint Extensions in the Kitaev Chain
Sala 5
Abstract:
In this seminar, finite discrete Kitaev chain shall be presented with its topological phase transition. A continuum limit model is derived and the diagonalization problem of the resulting bilinear hamiltonian is translated in choice of selfad-joint extensions for a one dimensional Dirac operator, which is given by a set of possible boundary conditions. It is shown that the previous result coincides with the application of the Araki’s self dual formalism and its connection with edge sates is discussed. Joint work with A. F. Reyes.

2019-09-04
15:45 hrs.

Rafael Tiedra de Aldecoa. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Ruled Strips With Asymptotically Diverging Twisting
Sala 5
Abstract:
We consider the Dirichlet Laplacian in a 2-dimensional strip composed of segments translated along a straight line with respect to a rotation angle with velocity diverging at infinity. We show that this model exhibits a “raise of dimension” at infinity leading to an essential spectrum determined by an asymptotic 3-dimensional tube of annular cross section. If the cross section of the asymptotic tube is a disc, we also prove the existence of discrete eigenvalues below the essential spectrum. Joint work with David Krejcirik (Prague). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00023-018-0684-4