On the wave turbulence theory for the beam wave equation

TL;DR

This paper rigorously derives the wave kinetic equation from the beam wave equation on a lattice, revealing how the Schrödinger structure influences the kinetic limit and introducing new control tools for long-time wave dynamics.

Contribution

It provides the first control of Duhamel expansions with many collisions in a nonlinear setting, advancing understanding of wave interactions over long times.

Findings

Asymptotic expression of two-point correlation as 3-wave kinetic equation

Sensitivity of kinetic descriptions to dispersion relation regularities

Introduction of new tools for controlling complex Duhamel expansions

Abstract

Starting from the beam wave equation, which has a Schr\"odinger structure, on a hypercubic lattice of size $L$, with weak nonlinearity of strength $\lambda$, we show that the two point correlation function can be asymptotically expressed as the solution of the 3-wave kinetic equation at the kinetic limit under very general assumptions. The limit is taken in the physical order: first taking $L\to\infty$, then letting $\lambda\to0$. The initial condition is assumed out of equilibrium and the physical dimension is $d= 3$. The combination of previous works on the derivations of the wave kinetic equations from the lattice ZK equation [42,74] (with stochasticity, due to the singularity of the lattice ZK dispersion relation) and the present work (without stochasticity, thanks to the Schr\"odinger structure) give a detailed and general picture of how sensitive the kinetic descriptions are with respect to the regularities of the dispersion relations in the physical order of taking the limits. In terms of technical novelties, the current paper introduces new tools that produce the first obtained control of the Duhamel expansions when the number of collisions is of order $\mathcal{O}(\lambda^{-\gamma})$ (with $\gamma>0$) in the nonlinear context. To the best of our knowledge, such a strong control is a major step in understanding the long time dynamics of weakly nonlinear interactions of waves, and until now it could only be achieved in the linear context (see the work of Erdos-Salmhofer-Yau [34]).