Probability and Mathematical Physics Seminar

Effective mass of the Polaron and the Landau-Pekar-Spohn conjecture

Time and Location:

April 26, 2024 at 12:05PM; Warren Weaver Hall, Room TBA

Speaker:

Chiranjib Mukherjee, Muenster

Link:

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Abstract:

According to a prediction by Landau and Pekar from 1948, and by Spohn from 1987, the effective mass of the Fröhlich Polaron diverges like a quartic power of the coupling constant. We will report on a recent work with R. Bazaes, M. Sellke and S.R.S. Varadhan, where we have proved this conjecture.