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Magnetic spectral bounds on starlike plane domains

Mathematical Physics 2014-01-07 v1 math.MP

Abstract

We develop sharp upper bounds for energy levels of the magnetic Laplacian on starlike plane domains, under either Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions and assuming a constant magnetic field in the transverse direction. Our main result says that j=1nΦ(λjA/G)\sum_{j=1}^n \Phi \big( \lambda_j A/G \big) is maximal for a disk whenever Φ\Phi is concave increasing, n1n \geq 1, the domain has area AA, and λj\lambda_j is the jj-th Dirichlet eigenvalue of the magnetic Laplacian (i+β2A(x2,x1))2\big( i\nabla+ \frac{\beta}{2A}(-x_2,x_1) \big)^2. Here the flux β\beta is constant, and the scale invariant factor GG penalizes deviations from roundness, meaning G1G \geq 1 for all domains and G=1G=1 for disks.

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@article{arxiv.1401.0850,
  title  = {Magnetic spectral bounds on starlike plane domains},
  author = {R. S. Laugesen and B. A. Siudeja},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.0850},
  year   = {2014}
}