Non-Hermitian spectra and Anderson localization
Mathematical Physics
2009-06-08 v2 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
math.MP
Abstract
The spectrum of exponents of the transfer matrix provides the localization lengths of Anderson's model for a particle in a lattice with disordered potential. I show that a duality identity for determinants and Jensen's identity for subharmonic functions, give a formula for the spectrum in terms of eigenvalues of the Hamiltonian with non-Hermitian boundary conditions. The formula is exact; it involves an average over a Bloch phase, rather than disorder. A preliminary investigation of non-Hermitian spectra of Anderson's model in D=1,2 and on the smallest exponent is presented.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0808.1241,
title = {Non-Hermitian spectra and Anderson localization},
author = {Luca Guido Molinari},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.1241},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
8 pages, 10 figures