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We study the (massless) Dirac operator on a 3-sphere equipped with Riemannian metric. For the standard metric the spectrum is known. In particular, the eigenvalues closest to zero are the two double eigenvalues +3/2 and -3/2. Our aim is to…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2018-08-10 Yan-Long Fang , Michael Levitin , Dmitri Vassiliev

We provide a comparative treatment of some aspects of spectral theory for self-adjoint and non-self-adjoint (but J-self-adjoint) Dirac-type operators connected with the defocusing and focusing nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation, of relevance…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Steve Clark , Fritz Gesztesy

In this paper the spectral and scattering properties of a family of self-adjoint Dirac operators in $L^2(\Omega; \mathbb{C}^4)$, where $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^3$ is either a bounded or an unbounded domain with a compact $C^2$-smooth…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2020-08-26 Jussi Behrndt , Markus Holzmann , Albert Mas

The Dirac delta function potential is considered within the real Hilbert space approach for complex wave functions, as well as quaternionic wave functions. As has been previously determined, the real Hilbert space approach enables the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-03 Sergio Giardino

In this article, we consider the semiclassical Schr\"odinger operator $P = - h^{2} \Delta + V$ in $\mathbb{R}^{d}$ with confining non-negative potential $V$ which vanishes, and study its low-lying eigenvalues $\lambda_{k} ( P )$ as $h \to…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2018-02-09 Jean-Francois Bony , Nicolas Popoff

The present paper studies the Dirac Hamiltonian of a test electron with a domain of bi-spinor wave functions supported on the static region inside the Cauchy horizon of the subextremal RWN black hole spacetime, respectively inside the event…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-02-12 Michael K. -H. Kiessling , A. Shadi Tahvildar-Zadeh , Ebru Toprak

Schr\"{o}dinger operators of the form $\Delta - W$ on $L^2_{\text{rad}}(\mathbb{R}^3)$, the space of radially symmetric square integrable functions are relevant in a variety of physical contexts. The potential $W$ is taken to be radially…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-09-04 Emmanuel Fleurantin , Jeremy L. Marzuola , Christopher K. R. T. Jones

In this work, firstly in the Hilbert space of vector-functions L^2 (H,(-\infty,a)\bup(b,+\infty)),a<b all selfadjoint extensions of the minimal operator generated by linear singular symmetric differential expression l(\cdot)=i d/dt+A with a…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2011-05-27 E. Bairamov , R. O. Mert , Z. I. Ismailov

In this note the three dimensional Dirac operator $A_m$ with boundary conditions, which are the analogue of the two dimensional zigzag boundary conditions, is investigated. It is shown that $A_m$ is self-adjoint in…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2021-02-01 Markus Holzmann

We consider the electromagnetic field in the presence of polarizable point dipoles. In the corresponding effective Maxwell equation these dipoles are described by three dimensional delta function potentials. We review the approaches…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 M. Bordag , J. M. Munoz-Castaneda

The eigenvalues of a self-adjoint nxn matrix A can be put into a decreasing sequence $\lambda=(\lambda_1,...,\lambda_n)$, with repetitions according to multiplicity, and the diagonal of A is a point of $R^n$ that bears some relation to…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2007-05-23 William Arveson , Richard V. Kadison

We produce a new proof and extend results by Harrell and Stubbe for the discrete spectrum of a self-adjoint operator. An abstract approach--based on commutator algebra, the Rayleigh-Ritz principle, and an ``optimal'' usage of the…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2007-12-31 Mark S. Ashbaugh , Lotfi Hermi

Given a self-adjoint involution J on a Hilbert space H, we consider a J-self-adjoint operator L=A+V on H where A is a possibly unbounded self-adjoint operator commuting with J and V a bounded J-self-adjoint operator anti-commuting with J.…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2011-10-31 Sergio Albeverio , Alexander K. Motovilov , Christiane Tretter

We determine the possible eigenvalues of compact selfadjoint operators A,B,C... with the property that A=B+C+... When all these operators are positive, the eigenvalues were known to be subject to certain inequalities which extend Horn's…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2007-09-10 H. Bercovici , W. S. Li , D. Timotin

We prove Strichartz estimates for the absolutely continuous evolution of a Schr\"odinger operator $H = (i\nabla + A)^2 + V$ in $\R^n$, $n > 2$. Both the magnetic and electric potentials are time-independent and satisfy pointwise polynomial…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2008-04-02 Michael Goldberg

We consider the discrete spectrum of the two-dimensional Hamiltonian $H=H_0+V$, where $H_0$ is a Schr\"odinger operator with a non-constant magnetic field $B$ that depends only on one of the spatial variables, and $V$ is an electric…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2015-10-19 Pablo Miranda

Consider a random Schr\"odinger-type operator of the form $H:=-H_X+V+\xi$ acting on a general graph $\mathscr G=(\mathscr V,\mathscr E)$, where $H_X$ is the generator of a Markov process $X$ on $\mathscr G$, $V$ is a deterministic potential…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-03-13 Pierre Yves Gaudreau Lamarre , Promit Ghosal , Yuchen Liao

We consider supersymmetric quantum mechanical systems in arbitrary dimensions on curved spaces with nontrivial gauge fields. The square of the Dirac operator serves as Hamiltonian. We derive a relation between the number of supercharges…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Kirchberg , J. D. Laenge , A. Wipf

We consider an elliptic self-adjoint first order differential operator acting on pairs (2-columns) of complex-valued half-densities over a connected compact 3-dimensional manifold without boundary. The principal symbol of our operator is…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2015-05-05 Olga Chervova , Robert J. Downes , Dmitri Vassiliev

In this note we give a concise review of the present state-of-art for the problem of self-adjoint realisations for the Dirac operator with a Coulomb-like singular scalar potential $V(\vec x)=\phi(\vec x) I_4$. We try to follow the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-10-06 Matteo Gallone