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Gap-labelling conjecture with nonzero magnetic field

Spectral Theory 2017-12-08 v5 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Mathematical Physics Differential Geometry math.MP Operator Algebras

Abstract

Given a constant magnetic field on Euclidean space Rp{\mathbb R}^p determined by a skew-symmetric (p×p)(p\times p) matrix Θ\Theta, and a Zp{\mathbb Z}^p-invariant probability measure μ\mu on the disorder set Σ\Sigma which is by hypothesis a Cantor set, where the action is assumed to be minimal, the corresponding Integrated Density of States of any self-adjoint operator affiliated to the twisted crossed product algebra C(Σ)σZpC(\Sigma) \rtimes_\sigma {\mathbb Z}^p, where σ\sigma is the multiplier on Zp{\mathbb Z}^p associated to Θ\Theta, takes on values on spectral gaps in the magnetic gap-labelling group. The magnetic frequency group is defined as an explicit countable subgroup of R\mathbb R involving Pfaffians of Θ\Theta and its sub-matrices. We conjecture that the magnetic gap labelling group is a subgroup of the magnetic frequency group. We give evidence for the validity of our conjecture in 2D, 3D, the Jordan block diagonal case and the periodic case in all dimensions.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1508.01064,
  title  = {Gap-labelling conjecture with nonzero magnetic field},
  author = {Moulay Tahar Benameur and Varghese Mathai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.01064},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

43 pages. Exposition improved

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