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We study localization properties for a class of one-dimensional, matrix-valued, continuous, random Schr\"odinger operators, acting on $L^2(\R)\otimes \C^N$, for arbitrary $N\geq 1$. We prove that, under suitable assumptions on the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-12-15 Hakim Boumaza

We consider discrete one-dimensional Schr\"odinger operators whose potentials are generated by H\"older continuous sampling along the orbits of a uniformly hyperbolic transformation. For any ergodic measure satisfying a suitable bounded…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2024-02-02 Artur Avila , David Damanik , Zhenghe Zhang

Quasiperiodic long range order is intermediate between spatial periodicity and disorder, and the excitations in 1D quasiperiodic systems are believed to be transitional between extended and localized. These ideas are tested with a numerical…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 S. E. Burkov , B. E. C. Koltenbah , L. W. Bruch

We study the Anderson metal-insulator transition for non ergodic random Schr\"odinger operators in both annealed and quenched regimes, based on a dynamical approach of localization, improving known results for ergodic operators into this…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Constanza Rojas-Molina

Optomechanical arrays are a promising future platform for studies of transport, many-body dynamics, quantum control and topological effects in systems of coupled photon and phonon modes. We introduce disordered optomechanical arrays,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-15 Thales Figueiredo Roque , Vittorio Peano , Oleg M. Yevtushenko , Florian Marquardt

We study effects of a bounded and compactly supported perturbation on multi-dimensional continuum random Schr\"odinger operators in the region of complete localisation. Our main emphasis is on Anderson orthogonality for random Schr\"odinger…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-03-03 Adrian Dietlein , Martin Gebert , Peter Müller

Consider a quasi-periodic Schr\"odinger operator $H_{\alpha,\theta}$ with analytic potential and irrational frequency $\alpha$. Given any rational approximating $\alpha$, let $S_+$ and $S_-$ denote the union, respectively, the intersection…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-02-14 S. Jitomirskaya , C. A. Marx

In $L_2(\mathbb{R}^d;\mathbb{C}^n)$, we consider a selfadjoint matrix strongly elliptic second order differential operator $\mathcal{A}_\varepsilon$, $\varepsilon >0$. The coefficients of the operator $\mathcal{A}_\varepsilon$ are periodic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-04-10 Yulia Meshkova

We develop a new approach for the Anderson localization problem. The implementation of this method yields strong numerical evidence leading to a (surprising to many) conjecture: The two dimensional discrete random Schroedinger operator with…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-12-17 Constanze Liaw

We initiate an approach to simultaneously treat numerators and denominators of Green's functions arising from quasi-periodic Schr\"odinger operators, which in particular allows us to study completely resonant phases of the almost Mathieu…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-05-11 Wencai Liu

The phenomenon of Anderson localization of waves in elastic systems is studied. We analyze this phenomenon in two different set of systems: disordered linear chains of harmonic oscillators and disordered rods which oscillate with torsional…

Classical Physics · Physics 2023-07-19 R. A. Mendez-Sanchez , L. Gutierrez , A. Morales , J. Flores , A. Diaz-de-Anda , G. Monsivais

We study Schr\"odinger operators on quantum graphs where the number of edges between points is determined by orbits of a "shift of finite type". We prove Anderson localization for these systems.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-02-17 Oleg Safronov

For a Hamiltonian ${\hat H}$ containing a position-dependent (disordered) potential, we introduce a sequence of landscape functions $u_n(\vec{r})$ obeying ${\hat H} u_n(\vec{r}) = u_{n-1}(\vec{r})$ with $u_0(\vec{r}) = 1$. For $n \to…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2024-12-31 Sergey E. Skipetrov

We study localisation effects of strong disorder on the spectral and dynamical properties of (matrix and scalar) Schroedinger operators with non-monotone random potentials, on the d-dimensional lattice. Our results include dynamical…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-11-18 Alexander Elgart , Mira Shamis , Sasha Sodin

In this paper, we establish the Anderson localization, strong dynamical localization and the $(\frac 12-)$-H\"older continuity of the integrated density of states (IDS) for some multi-dimensional discrete quasi-periodic (QP) Schr\"odinger…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-06-12 Hongyi Cao , Yunfeng Shi , Zhifei Zhang

We consider the quasi-periodic Jacobi operator $H_{x,\omega}$ in $l^2(\mathbb{Z})$ $(H_{x,\omega}\phi)(n) = -b(x+(n+1)\omega)\phi(n+1) - b(x+n\omega)\phi(n-1) + a(x+n\omega)\phi(n) = E\phi(n),\ n\in\mathbb{Z},$ where $a(x),\ b(x)$ are…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2011-08-19 Kai Tao

We investigate operator delocalization in disordered one-dimensional spin chains by introducing -- besides the already known operator mass -- a complementary measure of operator complexity: the operator length. Like the operator…

Scale-free localization emerging in non-Hermitian physics has recently garnered significant attention. In this work, we explore the interplay between scale-free localization and Anderson localization by investigating a unidirectional…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2025-04-17 Yu Zhang , Luhong Su , Shu Chen

Anderson localization is a quantum phenomenon in which disorder localizes electronic wavefunctions. In this work, we propose a new approach to study Anderson localization based on the density matrix formalism. Drawing an analogy to the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2026-03-31 Ziyue Qi , Yi Zhang , Mingpu Qin , Hongming Weng , Kun Jiang

We prove non-perturbative Anderson localization and almost localization for a family of quasi-periodic operators on the strip. As an application we establish Avila's almost reducibility conjecture for Schr\"odinger operators with…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-07-04 Rui Han , Wilhelm Schlag