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Lyapunov exponents of Green's functions for random potentials tending to zero

Probability 2010-03-30 v2

Abstract

We consider quenched and annealed Lyapunov exponents for the Green's function of Δ+γV-\Delta+\gamma V, where the potentials V(x),xZdV(x), x\in\Z^d, are i.i.d. nonnegative random variables and γ>0\gamma>0 is a scalar. We present a probabilistic proof that both Lyapunov exponents scale like cγc\sqrt{\gamma} as γ\gamma tends to 0. Here the constant cc is the same for the quenched as for the annealed exponent and is computed explicitly. This improves results obtained previously by Wei-Min Wang. We also consider other ways to send the potential to zero than multiplying it by a small number.

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@article{arxiv.0903.4928,
  title  = {Lyapunov exponents of Green's functions for random potentials tending to zero},
  author = {Elena Kosygina and Thomas S. Mountford and Martin P. W. Zerner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.4928},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

16 pages, 3 figures. 1 figure added, very minor corrections. To appear in Probability Theory and Related Fields. The final publication is available at http://www.springerlink.com, see http://www.springerlink.com/content/p0873kv68315847x/?p=4106c52fc57743eba322052bb931e8ac&pi=21 .