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Quantitative Anderson localization of Schr\"odinger eigenstates under disorder potentials

Numerical Analysis 2020-02-11 v4 Numerical Analysis Mathematical Physics math.MP Spectral Theory

Abstract

This paper concerns spectral properties of linear Schr\"odinger operators under oscillatory high-amplitude potentials on bounded domains. Depending on the degree of disorder, we prove the existence of spectral gaps amongst the lowermost eigenvalues and the emergence of exponentially localized states. We quantify the rate of decay in terms of geometric parameters that characterize the potential. The proofs are based on the convergence theory of iterative solvers for eigenvalue problems and their optimal local preconditioning by domain decomposition.

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@article{arxiv.1803.09950,
  title  = {Quantitative Anderson localization of Schr\"odinger eigenstates under disorder potentials},
  author = {Robert Altmann and Patrick Henning and Daniel Peterseim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.09950},
  year   = {2020}
}

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accepted for publication in M3AS