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We propose a Schr\"odinger equation of arbitrary order for modeling charge transport in semiconductors operating in the ballistic regime. This formulation incorporates non-parabolic effects through the Kane dispersion relation, thereby…

We consider the discrete Schr\"odinger operator $H=-\Delta+V$ with a sparse potential $V$ and find conditions guaranteeing either existence of wave operators for the pair $H$ and $H_0=-\Delta$, or presence of dense purely point spectrum of…

This paper is mainly devoted to study time decay estimates of the higher-order Schr\"{o}dinger type operator $H=(-\Delta)^{m}+V(x)$ in $\mathbf{R}^{n}$ for $n>2m$ and $m\in\mathbf{N}$. For certain decay potentials $V(x)$, we first derive…

It is known that the discrete Laplace operator $\Delta$ on the lattice $\mathbb{Z}$ satisfies the following sharp time decay estimate: $$\left\|e^{it\Delta}\right\|_{\ell^1\rightarrow\ell^{\infty}}\lesssim|t|^{-\frac{1}{3}},\quad t\neq0,$$…

We consider a self-adjoint two-dimensional Schr\"odinger operator $H_{\alpha\mu}$, which corresponds to the formal differential expression \[ -\Delta - \alpha\mu, \] where $\mu$ is a finite compactly supported positive Radon measure on…

We investigate some smoothness properties for a transport-diffusion equation involving a class of non-degerate L{\'e}vy type operators with singular drift. Our main argument is based on a duality method using the molecular decomposition of…

In this mainly survey paper we consider the Lagrangian $ L(x,v) = \frac{1}{2} \, |v|^2 - V(x) $, and a closed form $w$ on the torus $ \mathbb{T}^n $. For the associated Hamiltonian we consider the the Schrodinger operator ${\bf H}_\beta=\,…

As a simple model for lattice defects like grain boundaries in solid state physics we consider potentials which are obtained from a periodic potential $V = V(x,y)$ on $\R^2$ with period lattice $\Z^2$ by setting $W_t(x,y) = V(x+t,y)$ for $x…

We prove three results giving sufficient and/or necessary conditions for discreteness of the spectrum of Schr\"odinger operators with non-negative matrix-valued potentials, i.e., operators acting on $\psi\in L^2(\mathbb{R}^n,\mathbb{C}^d)$…

We consider the Schr\"odinger equation with a Hamiltonian given by a second order difference operator with nonconstant growing coefficients, on the half one dimensional lattice. This operator appeared first naturally in the construction and…

We prove a dispersive estimate for the evolution of Schroedinger operators H = -\Delta + V(x) in three dimensions. The potential should belong to the closure of bounded compactly-supported functions with respect to the golbal Kato norm.…

Simplified models of transport in mesoscopic systems are often based on a small sample connected to a finite number of leads. The leads are often modelled using the Laplacian on the discrete half-line $\mathbb N$. Detailed studies of the…

We consider Schr\"odinger operators with potentials satisfying a generalized bounded variation condition at infinity and an $L^p$ decay condition. This class of potentials includes slowly decaying Wigner--von Neumann type potentials…

We consider the Schr\"odinger equation with a (matrix) Hamiltonian given by a second order difference operator with nonconstant growing coefficients, on the half one dimensional lattice. This operator appeared first naturally in the…

We prove an upper and a lower bound on the rank of the spectral projections of the Schr\"odinger operator $-\Delta + V$ in terms of the volume of the sublevel sets of an effective potential $\frac{1}{u}$. Here, $u$ is the `landscape…

We characterize diagonals of unbounded self-adjoint operators on a Hilbert space H that have only discrete spectrum, i.e., with empty essential spectrum. Our result extends the Schur-Horn theorem from a finite dimensional setting to an…

We study the discrete Schr\"odinger operator $H$ in $\ZZ^d$ with the surface potential of the form $V(x)=g \delta(x_1) \tan \pi(\alpha \cdot x_2+ \omega)$, where for $x \in \ZZ^d$ we write $x=(x_1,x_2), \quad x_1 \in \ZZ^{d_1}, x_2 \in…

We prove that if a solution of the discrete time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation with bounded real potential decays fast at two distinct times then the solution is trivial. For the free Shr\"odinger operator and for operators with…

We investigate the Schr\"{o}dinger operators $H_\varepsilon=-\Delta +W+V_\varepsilon$ in $\mathbb{R}^2$ with the short-range potentials $V_\varepsilon$ which are localized around a smooth closed curve $\gamma$. The operators $H_\varepsilon$…

In this paper we study the spectrum of the operator \begin{equation} \label{ope} H:=(-\Delta)^{M/2}+\mathcal{V}\ , \quad M>0\ , \end{equation} on $L^2(\mathbb{R}^d/\Gamma)$, with $\Gamma$ a maximal dimension lattice in $\mathbb{R}^d$ and…