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We consider two dimensional real-valued analytic potentials for the Schr\"odinger equation which are periodic over a lattice $L$. Under certain assumptions on the form of the potential and the lattice $L$, we can show there is a large class…

In this paper we consider the one-dimensional Schrodinger operator L(q) with a periodic real and locally integrable potential q. We study the bands and gaps in the spectrum and explicitly write out the first and second terms of the…

The procedure of evaluating of the spectrum for discrete periodic operators perturbed by operators of smaller dimensions is obtained. This result allows to obtain propagative, guided, localised spectra for different kind of physical…

The construction of "sparse potentials", suggested in \cite{RS09} for the lattice $\Z^d,\ d>2$, is extended to a wide class of combinatorial and metric graphs whose global dimension is a number $D>2$. For the Schr\"odinger operator $-\D-\a…

We study discrete Schr\"odinger operators on the graphs corresponding to the triangular lattice, the hexagonal lattice, and the square lattice with next-nearest neighbor interactions. For each of these lattice geometries, we analyze the…

In this paper we consider the spectrum of the self-adjoint differential operator L generated by the differential expression of order n with the m by m periodic matrix coefficients, where n and m are respectively odd and even integers and…

We discuss the band-gap structure and the integrated density of states for periodic elliptic operators in the Hilbert space $L_2(\R^m)$, for $m \ge 2$. We specifically consider situations where high contrast in the coefficients leads to…

In this paper we consider two classes of random Hamiltonians on $L^2(\RR^d)$ one that imitates the lattice case and the other a Schr\"odinger operator with non-decaying, non-sparse potential both of which exhibit a.c. spectrum. In the…

In this paper, we prove a discrete version of the Bethe-Sommerfeld conjecture. Namely, we show that the spectra of multi-dimensional discrete periodic Schr\"odinger operators on $\mathbb{Z}^d$ lattice with sufficiently small potentials…

In this paper we consider Schr\"{o}dinger operators on $M \times \mathbb{Z}^{d_2}$, with $M=\{M_{1}, \ldots, M_{2}\}^{d_1}$ (`quantum wave guides') with a `$\Gamma$-trimmed' random potential, namely a potential which vanishes outside a…

Let $M$ be a connected, noncompact, complete Riemannian manifold, consider the operator $L=\DD +\nn V$ for some $V\in C^2(M)$ with $\exp[V]$ integrable w.r.t. the Riemannian volume element. This paper studies the existence of the spectral…

Let $(X,\omega_0):=(\mathbb{C}/\Lambda,0)$ denote the elliptic curve associated to the lattice $\Lambda$, $X_2:=\{\omega_0,\cdots, \omega_3\}$ its set of half-periods and $\wp:X \to \mathbb{P}^1$ the usual Weierstrass $\wp$ function, with a…

We consider normalized Laplacians and their perturbations by periodic potentials (Schr\"odinger operators) on periodic discrete graphs. The spectrum of the operators consists of an absolutely continuous part (a union of a finite number of…

Lower bounds on the magnitude of the spectrum of the Hermitian Wilson-Dirac operator H(m) have previously been derived for 0<m<2 when the lattice gauge field satisfies a certain smoothness condition. In this paper lower bounds are derived…

We consider a family $$ \widehat H_{a,b}(\mu)=\widehat H_0 +\mu \widehat V_{a,b}\quad \mu>0, $$ of Schr\"odinger-type operators on the two dimensional lattice $\mathbb{Z}^2,$ where $\widehat H_0$ is a Laurent-Toeplitz-type convolution…

The band structure of the Lam\'e equation, viewed as a one-dimensional Schr\"odinger equation with a periodic potential, is studied. At integer values of the degree parameter l, the dispersion relation is reduced to the l=1 dispersion…

The spectrum of periodic differential operators typically exhibits a band-gap structure. In this paper, we will consider perturbations to periodic differential operators and investigate the spectrum the perturbation induces in the gaps.…

We consider a first order operator with a smooth periodic 3x3 matrix potential on the real line. It is the Lax operator for the periodic vector NLS equation. Its spectrum covers the real line and it is union of the spectral bands of…

In this paper, we study an L2 version of the semiclassical approximation of magnetic Schroedinger operators with invariant Morse type potentials on covering spaces of compact manifolds. In particular, we are able to establish the existence…

We prove that if $M$ is a complete hypersurface in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ which is graph of a real radial function, then the spectrum of the Laplace operator on M is the interval $[0,\infty)$.