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Constructive Fractional-Moment Criteria for Localization in Random Operators

Mathematical Physics 2009-10-31 v1 Condensed Matter math.MP Probability Spectral Theory

Abstract

We present a family of finite-volume criteria which cover the regime of exponential decay for the fractional moments of Green functions of operators with random potentials. Such decay is a technically convenient characterization of localization for it is known to imply spectral localization, absence of level repulsion, dynamical localization and a related condition which plays a significant role in the quantization of the Hall conductance in two-dimensional Fermi gases. The constructive criteria also preclude fast power-law decay of the Green functions at mobility edges.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0001035,
  title  = {Constructive Fractional-Moment Criteria for Localization in Random Operators},
  author = {M. Aizenman and J. H. Schenker and R. M. Friedrich and D. Hundertmark},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0001035},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Announcement and summary of results whose proofs are given elsewhere. LaTex (10 pages), uses Elsevier "elsart" files (attached)