Quantitative hydrodynamic limits of the Langevin dynamics for gradient interface models

Abstract

We study the Langevin dynamics corresponding to the $\nabla \mathit{\varphi }$ (or Ginzburg-Landau) interface model with a uniformly convex interaction potential. We interpret these Langevin dynamics as a nonlinear parabolic equation forced by white noise, which turns the problem into a nonlinear homogenization problem. Using quantitative homogenization methods, we prove a quantitative hydrodynamic limit, obtain the $C^2$ regularity of the surface tension, prove a large-scale $C^{1,\mathit{\alpha }}$-type estimate for the trajectories of the dynamics, and show that the fluctuation-dissipation relation can be seen as a commutativity of homogenization and linearization. Finally, we explain why we believe our techniques can be adapted to the setting of degenerate (non-uniformly) convex interaction potentials.