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Sharp spectral transition for embedded eigenvalues of perturbed periodic Dirac operators

Mathematical Physics 2024-04-15 v1 math.MP

Abstract

We consider the Dirac equation on L2(R)L2(R)L^2(\mathbb{R})\oplus L^2(\mathbb{R}) \begin{align} Ly= \begin{pmatrix} 0&-1 1&0 \end{pmatrix} \begin{pmatrix} y_1 y_2 \end{pmatrix}'+ \begin{pmatrix} p&q q&-p \end{pmatrix}\begin{pmatrix} y_1 y_2 \end{pmatrix}+ V\begin{pmatrix} y_1 y_2 \end{pmatrix}=\lambda y,\nonumber \end{align} where y=y(x,λ)=(y1(x,λ)y2(x,λ))y=y(x,\lambda)=\tbinom{y_1(x,\lambda)}{y_2(x,\lambda)}, pp and qq are real 11-periodic, and \begin{align} V=\begin{pmatrix} V(x)&0 0&-V(x) \end{pmatrix}\nonumber \end{align} is the perturbation which satisfies V(x)=o(1)V(x)=o(1) as \absx.\abs{x}\to\infty. Under such perturbation, the essential spectrum of LL coincides with that there is no perturbation. We prove that if V(x)=o(1)1+\absxV(x)=\frac{o(1)}{1+\abs{x}} as xx\to\infty or xx\to-\infty, then there is no embedded eigenvalues (eigenvalues appear in the essential spectrum). For any given finite set inside of the essential spectrum which satisfies the non-resonance assumption, we construct smooth potentials with V(x)=O(1)1+\absxV(x)=\frac{O(1)}{1+\abs{x}} as \absx\abs{x}\to\infty so that the set becomes embedded eigenvalues. For any given countable set inside of the essential spectrum which satisfies the non-resonance assumption, we construct smooth potentials with V(x)<\absh(x)1+\absxV(x)<\frac{\abs{h(x)}}{1+\abs{x}} as \absx\abs{x}\to\infty so that the set becomes embedded eigenvalues, where h(x)h(x) is any given function with limx±\absh(x)=.\lim_{x\to\pm\infty}\abs{h(x)}=\infty.

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@article{arxiv.2404.08218,
  title  = {Sharp spectral transition for embedded eigenvalues of perturbed periodic Dirac operators},
  author = {Kang Lyu and Chuanfu Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.08218},
  year   = {2024}
}
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