Logarithmic Sobolev inequalities and spectral concentration for the cubic Schrödinger equation

Abstract

The nonlinear Schrödinger equation , , arises from a Hamiltonian on infinite-dimensional phase space . For , Bourgain (Comm. Math. Phys. 166 (1994), 1–26) has shown that there exists a Gibbs measure on balls in phase space such that the Cauchy problem for is well posed on the support of , and that is invariant under the flow. This paper shows that satisfies a logarithmic Sobolev inequality (LSI) for the focusing case and on for all N>0; also satisfies a restricted LSI for on compact subsets of determined by Hölder norms. Hence for p = 4, the spectral data of the periodic Dirac operator in with random potential subject to are concentrated near to their mean values. The paper concludes with a similar result for the spectral data of Hill's equation when the potential is random and subject to the Gibbs measure of Korteweg–de Vries.