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Schr\"{o}dinger operators with decaying randomness - Pure point spectrum

Spectral Theory 2018-08-20 v1

Abstract

Here we show that for Schr\"{o}dinger operator with decaying random potential with fat tail single site distribution, the negative spectrum shows a transition from essential spectrum to discrete spectrum. We study the Schr\"{o}dinger operator Hω=Δ+nZdanωnχ(0,1]d(xn)H^\omega=-\Delta+\displaystyle\sum_{n\in\mathbb{Z}^d}a_n\omega_n\chi_{_{(0,1]^d}}(x-n) on L2(Rd)L^2(\mathbb{R}^d). Here we take an=O(nα)a_n=O(|n|^{-\alpha}) for large nn where α>0\alpha>0, and {ωn}nZd\{\omega_n\}_{n\in\mathbb{Z}^d} are i.i.d real random variables with absolutely continuous distribution μ\mu such that dμdx(x)=O(x(1+δ)) as x\frac{d\mu}{dx}(x)=O\big(|x|^{-(1+\delta)}\big)~as~|x|\to\infty, for some δ>0\delta>0. We show that HωH^\omega exhibits exponential localization on negative part of spectrum independent of the parameters chosen. For αδd\alpha\delta\leq d we show that the spectrum is entire real line almost surely, but for αδ>d\alpha\delta>d we have σess(Hω)=[0,)\sigma_{ess}(H^\omega)=[0,\infty) and negative part of the spectrum is discrete almost surely. In some cases we show the existence of the absolutely continuous spectrum.

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@article{arxiv.1808.05822,
  title  = {Schr\"{o}dinger operators with decaying randomness - Pure point spectrum},
  author = {Anish Mallick and Dhriti Ranjan Dolai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.05822},
  year   = {2018}
}

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20 pages

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