Invariant Gibbs Measure for 3D NLW in Infinite Volume

Abstract

Consider the radial nonlinear wave equation $-\partial_t^2 u + Δu = u^3$, $u :\mathbb{R}_t \times \mathbb{R}_x^3 \to \mathbb{R}$, $u(t,x) = u(t,|x|)$. In this paper, we construct a Gibbs measure for this system and prove its invariance under the flow of the NLW. In particular, we are in the infinite volume setting. For the finite volume analogue, specifically on the unit ball with zero boundary values, an invariant Gibbs measure was constructed by Burq, Tvetkov, and de Suzzoni as a Borel measure on super-critical Sobolev spaces. In this paper, we advocate that the finite volume Gibbs measure be considered on a space of weighted Hölder continuous functions. The measure is supported on this space and the NLW is locally well-posed there, a counter-point to the Sobolev super-criticality noted by Burq and Tzvetkov. Furthermore, the flow of the NLW leaves this measure invariant. We use a multi-time Feynman--Kac formula to construct the infinite volume limit measure by computing the asymptotics of the fundamental solution of an appropriate parabolic PDE. We use finite speed of propagation and results from descriptive set theory to establish invariance of the infinite volume measure. To the best of our knowledge, this paper provides the first construction and proof of invariance of a Gibbs measure in infinite volume outside of the 1D case.