One- and two-particle spectral gap identities for the symmetric inclusion process and related models

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Main Authors: Kim, Seonwoo, Sau, Federico
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Sau, Federico
contents The symmetric inclusion process (SIP) models particles diffusing on a graph with mutual attraction. We recently showed that, in the log-concave regime (where diffusivity dominates interaction), the spectral gap of the conservative SIP matches that of a single particle. In this paper, our main result demonstrates that this identity generally fails outside this regime, but always holds for the non-conservative SIP, regardless of the interaction strength. When this one-particle spectral gap identity breaks down, we derive sharp bounds for the gap in terms of diffusivity, and reveal a two-particle spectral gap identity in the vanishing diffusivity limit. Our approach leverages the rigid eigenstructure of SIP, refined comparisons of Dirichlet forms for arbitrary diffusivity and particle numbers, and techniques from slow-fast system analysis. These findings extend to the dual interacting diffusion known as Brownian energy process, and shed some light on the spectral gap behavior for related Dirichlet-reversible systems on general, non-mean-field, geometries.
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spellingShingle One- and two-particle spectral gap identities for the symmetric inclusion process and related models
Kim, Seonwoo
Sau, Federico
Probability
Mathematical Physics
The symmetric inclusion process (SIP) models particles diffusing on a graph with mutual attraction. We recently showed that, in the log-concave regime (where diffusivity dominates interaction), the spectral gap of the conservative SIP matches that of a single particle. In this paper, our main result demonstrates that this identity generally fails outside this regime, but always holds for the non-conservative SIP, regardless of the interaction strength. When this one-particle spectral gap identity breaks down, we derive sharp bounds for the gap in terms of diffusivity, and reveal a two-particle spectral gap identity in the vanishing diffusivity limit. Our approach leverages the rigid eigenstructure of SIP, refined comparisons of Dirichlet forms for arbitrary diffusivity and particle numbers, and techniques from slow-fast system analysis. These findings extend to the dual interacting diffusion known as Brownian energy process, and shed some light on the spectral gap behavior for related Dirichlet-reversible systems on general, non-mean-field, geometries.
title One- and two-particle spectral gap identities for the symmetric inclusion process and related models
topic Probability
Mathematical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.01489