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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 consider random Schr\"odinger operators with Dirichlet boundary conditions outside lattice approximations of a smooth Euclidean domain and study the behavior of its lowest-lying eigenvalues in the limit when the lattice spacing tends to…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-07-04 Marek Biskup , Ryoki Fukushima , Wolfgang Koenig

We consider a two-dimensional periodic Schr\"odinger operator $H=-\Delta+W$ with $\Gamma$ being the lattice of periods. We investigate the structure of the edges of open gaps in the spectrum of $H$. We show that under arbitrary small…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-05-01 Leonid Parnovski , Roman Shterenberg

In this paper, we consider Schr\"odinger operators on $L^2(0,\infty)$ given by \begin{align} Hu=(H_0+V)u=-u^{\prime\prime}+V_0u+Vu,\nonumber \end{align} where $V_0$ is real, $1$-periodic and $V$ is the perturbation. It is well known that…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-09-03 Kang Lyu , Chuanfu Yang

We consider continuum random Schr\"odinger operators of the type $H_{\omega} = -\Delta + V_0 + V_{\omega}$ with a deterministic background potential $V_0$. We establish criteria for the absence of continuous and absolutely continuous…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Boutet de Monvel , P. Stollmann , G. Stolz

We consider disordered Hamiltonians given by the Laplace operator subject to arbitrary random self-adjoint singular perturbations supported on random discrete subsets of the real line. Under minimal assumptions on the type of disorder, we…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2019-07-24 David Damanik , Jake Fillman , Mark Helman , Jacob Kesten , Selim Sukhtaiev

We prove that the random Schrodinger operators on $\mathbb{R}^3$ with independent, identically distributed random variables and single-site potentials given by $\delta$-functions on $\mathbb{Z}^3$, exhibit both dynamical localization and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-09-03 Peter D. Hislop , Werner Kirsch , M. Krishna

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…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-05-04 Rainer Hempel , Martin Kohlmann

This article is dedicated to localization of the principal eigenvalue (PE) of the Stokes operator acting on solenoidal vector fields that vanish outside a large random domain modeling the pore space in a cubic block of porous material with…

Probability · Mathematics 2008-12-18 V. V. Yurinsky

We consider Schr\"odinger operators with periodic potentials in the positive quadrant for dim $>1$ with Dirichlet boundary condition. We show that for any integer $N$ and any interval $I$ there exists a periodic potential such that the…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2017-12-27 Evgeny Korotyaev , Jacob Schach Moller

This paper considers the family of Schr\"odinger operators on $\ell^2(\mathbb{Z})$ given by independent but not necessarily identically distributed and possibly unbounded potentials. We assume a finite exponential moment and allow the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-04-03 Karl Zieber

We study how the spectral properties of ergodic Schr\"odinger operators are reflected in the asymptotic properties of its periodic approximation as the period tends to infinity. The first property we address is the asymptotics of the…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2022-09-22 Lian Haeming

We consider Schr\"odinger operators in $\ell^2(\mathbb{Z})$ whose potentials are given by the sum of an ergodic term and a random term of Anderson type. Under the assumption that the ergodic term is generated by a homeomorphism of a…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2022-11-07 Artur Avila , David Damanik , Anton Gorodetski

We study the Floquet Hamiltonian: -i omega d/dt + H + V(t) as depending on the parameter omega. We assume that the spectrum of H is discrete, {h_m (m = 1..infinity)}, with h_m of multiplicity M_m. and that V is an Hermitian operator,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 P. Duclos , O. Lev , P. Stovicek , M. Vittot

We prove that, for a density of disorder $\rho$ small enough, a certain class of discrete random Schr\"odinger operators on $\Z^d$ with diluted potentials exhibits a Lifschitz behaviour from the bottom of the spectrum up to energies at a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-02-23 Francisco W. Hoecker-Escuti

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…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-11-30 S. Molchanov , O. Safronov , B. Vainberg

We review recent and give some new results on the spectral properties of Schroedinger operators with a random potential of alloy type. Our point of interest is the so called Wegner estimate in the case where the single site potentials…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Vadim Kostrykin , Ivan Veselic'

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 the space $L_2(R^d)$ we consider the Schr\"odinger operator $H_\gamma=-\Delta+ V(x)\cdot+\gamma W(x)\cdot$, where $V(x)=V(x_1,x_2,\dots,x_d)$ is a periodic function with respect to all the variables, $\gamma$ is a small real coupling…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2015-05-28 Leonid Zelenko

This paper concerns spectral properties of linear Schr\"odinger operators under oscillatory high-amplitude potentials on bounded domains. Depending on the degree of disorder, we prove the existence of spectral gaps amongst the lowermost…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-11 Robert Altmann , Patrick Henning , Daniel Peterseim