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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.

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@article{arxiv.0808.1241,
  title  = {Non-Hermitian spectra and Anderson localization},
  author = {Luca Guido Molinari},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.1241},
  year   = {2009}
}

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8 pages, 10 figures

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