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We consider Schr\"odinger operators with periodic electric and magnetic potentials on periodic discrete graphs. The spectrum of such operators consists of an absolutely continuous (a.c.) part (a union of a finite number of non-degenerate…

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We consider discrete Schr\"odinger operators on the half line with potentials generated by the doubling map and continuous sampling functions. We show that the essential spectrum of these operators is always connected. This result is…

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A mechanism that produces conical dispersion relations is presented. A Kronig Penney one dimensional array with two different strengths delta function potentials gives rise to both the gap closure and the dispersion relation observed in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-09-18 Sergio A. Hojman

In this survey we discuss spectral and quantum dynamical properties of discrete one-dimensional Schr\"odinger operators whose potentials are obtained by real-valued sampling along the orbits of an ergodic invertible transformation. After an…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2019-02-25 David Damanik

The purpose of this paper is to give some refined results about the distribution of resonances in potential scattering. We use techniques and results from one and several complex variables, including properties of functions of completely…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2011-08-02 T. J. Christiansen

Explicit formulas for the analytic extensions of the scattering matrix and the time delay of a quasi-one-dimensional discrete Schr\"odinger operator with a potential of finite support are derived. This includes a careful analysis of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-01-25 Miguel Ballesteros , Gerardo Franco Córdova , Hermann Schulz-Baldes

We establish the existence of a nontrivial weak solution to strongly indefinite asymptotically linear and superlinear Schr\"odinger equations. The novelty is to identify the essential relation between the spectrum of the operator and the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-02-22 Mayra Soares Costa Rodrigues , Liliane A. Maia

We investigate the band structure of electrons bound on periodic curved surfaces. We have formulated Schr\"{o}dinger's equation with the Weierstrass representation when the surface is minimal, which is numerically solved. Bands and the…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 H. Aoki , M. Koshino , D. Takeda , H. Morise , K. Kuroki

We investigate spectral properties of limit-periodic Schr\"odinger operators in $\ell^2(\Z)$. Our goal is to exhibit as rich a spectral picture as possible. We regard limit-periodic potentials as generated by continuous sampling along the…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2012-05-31 Zheng Gan

We consider single particle Schrodinger operators with a gap in the en ergy spectrum. We construct a complete, orthonormal basis function set for the inv ariant space corresponding to the spectrum below the spectral gap, which are…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-11-25 Emil Prodan

We show that the spectrum of a discrete two-dimensional periodic Schr\"odinger operator on a square lattice with a sufficiently small potential is an interval, provided the period is odd in at least one dimension. In general, we show that…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2017-01-05 Mark Embree , Jake Fillman

We review a geometric approach to proving absolutely continuous (ac) spectrum for random and deterministic Schr\"odinger operators developed in \cite{FHS1,FHS2,FHS3,FHS4}. We study decaying potentials in one dimension and present a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-04-28 Richard Froese , David Hasler , Wolfgang Spitzer

We present a detailed study of the scattering system given by the Neumann Laplacian on the discrete half-space perturbed by a periodic potential at the boundary. We derive asymptotic resolvent expansions at thresholds and eigenvalues, we…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-09-07 Song Ha Nguyen , Serge Richard , Rafael Tiedra de Aldecoa

We use spectral flow to present a new proof of Levinson's theorem for Schr\"{o}dinger operators on $\mathbb{R}^n$ with smooth compactly supported potential. Our proof is valid in all dimensions and in the presence of resonances. The…

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We review the recent developments in the spectral theory of discrete one-dimensional Schr\"odinger operators with potentials generated by substitutions and circle maps. We discuss how occurrences of local repetitive structures allow for…

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We consider Schr\"odinger operators with periodic magnetic and electric potentials on periodic discrete graphs. The spectrum of such operators consists of a finite number of bands. We determine trace formulas for the magnetic Schr\"odinger…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2023-08-09 Evgeny Korotyaev , Natalia Saburova

We detail the theory of Discrete Riemann Surfaces. It takes place on a cellular decomposition of a surface, together with its Poincar\'e dual, equipped with a discrete conformal structure. A lot of theorems of the continuous theory follow…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2008-02-13 Christian Mercat

We prove that for any {\it fixed} trigonometric polynomial potential satisfying a genericity condition, the spectrum of the two dimension periodic Schr\"odinger operator has finite multiplicity and the Fourier series of the eigenfunctions…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-09-07 Wei-Min Wang

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