Resonances for 1D massless Dirac operators

We consider the 1D massless Dirac operator on the real line with compactly supported potentials. We study resonances as the poles of scattering matrix or equivalently as the zeros of modified Fredholm determinant. We obtain the following properties of the resonances: (1) asymptotics of counting function, (2) estimates on the resonances and the forbidden domain, (3) the trace formula in terms of resonances.     

Schrödinger Operators on Zigzag Nanotubes

We consider the Schr?dinger operator with a periodic potential on quasi-1D models of zigzag single-wall carbon nanotubes. The spectrum of this operator consists of an absolutely continuous part (intervals separated by gaps) plus an infinite number of eigenvalues with infinite multiplicity. We describe all compactly supported eigenfunctions with the same eigenvalue. We define a Lyapunov function, which is analytic on some Riemann surface. On each sheet, the Lyapunov function has the same properties as in the scalar case, but it has branch points, which we call resonances. We prove that all resonances are real. We determine the asymptotics of the periodic and antiperiodic spectrum and of the resonances at high energy. We show that there exist two types of gaps: i) stable gaps, where the endpoints are periodic and anti-periodic eigenvalues, ii) unstable (resonance) gaps, where the endpoints are resonances (i.e., real branch points of the Lyapunov function). We describe all finite gap potentials. We show that the mapping: potential all eigenvalues is a real analytic isomorphism for some class of potentials. Submitted: October 5, 2006. Accepted: December 15, 2006.     

On the inverse resonance problemfor Jacobi operators—uniqueness and stability

We estimate the difference of the coefficients of two Jacobi operators (from a certain class) from knowledge about their eigenvalues and resonances. More specifically, we prove that if eigenvalues and resonances of the two operators in a sufficiently large disk are respectively close, then the coefficients are close too. A uniqueness result for the inverse resonance problem follows as a corollary.     

Energy-Time Uncertainty Principle and Lower Bounds on Sojourn Time

One manifestation of quantum resonances is a large sojourn time, or autocorrelation, for states which are initially localized. We elaborate on Lavine’s time-energy uncertainty principle and give an estimate on the sojourn time. For the case of perturbed embedded eigenstates the bound is explicit and involves Fermi’s Golden Rule. It is valid for a very general class of systems. We illustrate the theory by applications to resonances for time-dependent systems including the AC Stark effect as well as multistate systems.     

Construction de quasimodes de Rayleigh à grande durée de vie

For the Neumann problem in linear elasticity at the exterior of a convex body with analytic boundary in two dimension, we know that exists exactly two sequences of resonances (called Rayleigh resonances), such that . If the boundary is close enough to a circle and analytic in a wide enough complex band, we construct quasimodes associated to these resonances as far as possible from the obstacle. We study the exponential decay of these quasimodes according to the geometry of the obstacle.     

Estimation of a class of quasi‐resonances generated by multiple small particles with high surface impedances

We deal with the stationary acoustic waves propagating in a cluster of small particles enjoying high contrasts. Such contrasts allow the appearance of (complex valued) resonances that are close to the real line as the size of the particles becomes small. For single (but not necessarily small) particles, we derive the characteristic equation that generates a class of these resonances (the ones for which the corresponding eigenfunctions are uniformly constant). For multiple and small particles, we provide sufficient conditions on the contrasts that generates quasi‐resonances for which the corresponding eigenfunctions are uniformly constant. Precisely, we show that, if we distribute the particles on a uniform line, then the existence of such quasi‐resonances is related to the eigenvalues of the Harary matrix. To show these results, we take, as the small contrasted particles, small obstacles with high surface impedances λ of the form λ: = βa^?1 ? αβa^{?1 + h} where a is the maximum radi of the particles, with a < <1, and β is a universal and positive constant depending only on the shape of the particles (but not on their size). In this case, if the relative constant α is an eigenvalue of the Harary matrix, then the used frequency is a quasi resonance of the cluster of the small particles where the error of approximation is of the order for h ∈ (0,1) as a < <1.     

Gamow vectors for barrier wells

We study four examples of Gamow vectors in one-dimensional potential barriers, namely square barriers and delta barriers. We show that resonances appear when the potential has at least two relative maxima and investigate the emergence of double resonances given rise to Gamow–Jordan vectors as well.     

Analyticity of resonances and eigenvalues and spectral properties of the massless Spin–Boson model

We extend the method of Pizzo multiscale analysis for resonances introduced in [5] in order to infer analytic properties of resonances and eigenvalues (and their eigenprojections) as well as estimates for the localization of the spectrum of dilated Hamiltonians and norm-bounds for the corresponding resolvent operators, in neighborhoods of resonances and eigenvalues. We apply our method to the massless Spin–Boson model assuming a slight infrared regularization. We prove that the resonance and the ground-state eigenvalue (and their eigenprojections) are analytic with respect to the dilation parameter and the coupling constant. Moreover, we prove that the spectrum of the dilated Spin–Boson Hamiltonian in the neighborhood of the resonance and the ground-state eigenvalue is localized in two cones in the complex plane with vertices at the location of the resonance and the ground-state eigenvalue, respectively. Additionally, we provide norm-estimates for the resolvent of the dilated Spin–Boson Hamiltonian near the resonance and the ground-state eigenvalue. The topic of analyticity of eigenvalues and resonances has let to several studies and advances in the past. However, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that it is addressed from the perspective of Pizzo multiscale analysis. Once the multiscale analysis is set up our method gives easy access to analyticity: Essentially, it amounts to proving it for isolated eigenvalues only and use that uniform limits of analytic functions are analytic. The type of spectral and resolvent estimates that we prove are needed to control the time evolution including the scattering regime. The latter will be demonstrated in a forthcoming publication. The introduced multiscale method to study spectral and resolvent estimates follows its own inductive scheme and is independent (and different) from the method we apply to construct resonances.     

Pollicott–Ruelle Resonances for Open Systems

We define Pollicott–Ruelle resonances for geodesic flows on noncompact asymptotically hyperbolic negatively curved manifolds, as well as for more general open hyperbolic systems related to Axiom A flows. These resonances are the poles of the meromorphic continuation of the resolvent of the generator of the flow and they describe decay of classical correlations. As an application, we show that the Ruelle zeta function extends meromorphically to the entire complex plane.     

Resonant Delocalization on the Bethe Strip

Recently, Aizenman and Warzel discovered a mechanism for the appearance of absolutely continuous spectrum for random Schrödinger operators on the Bethe lattice through rare resonances (resonant delocalization). We extend their analysis to operators with matrix-valued random potentials drawn from ensembles such as the Gaussian Orthogonal Ensemble. These operators can be viewed as random operators on the Bethe strip, a graph (lattice) with loops.     

Determination of nonlinear stability for low order resonances by a geometric criterion

We consider the problem of stability of equilibrium points in Hamiltonian systems of two degrees of freedom under low order resonances. For resonances of order bigger than two there are several results giving stability conditions, in particular one based on the geometry of the phase flow and a set of invariants. In this paper we show that this geometric criterion is still valid for low order resonances, that is, resonances of order two and resonances of order one. This approach provides necessary stability conditions for both the semisimple and non-semisimple cases, with an appropriate choice of invariants.     

On the Dynamics of Space Debris: 1:1 and 2:1 Resonances

We study the dynamics of the space debris in the 1:1 and 2:1 resonances, where geosynchronous and GPS satellites are located. By using Hamiltonian formalism, we consider a model including the geopotential contribution for which we compute the secular and resonant expansions of the Hamiltonian. Within such model we are able to detect the equilibria and to study the main features of the resonances in a very effective way. In particular, we analyze the regular and chaotic behavior of the 1:1 and 2:1 resonant regions by analytical methods and by computing the Fast Lyapunov Indicators, which provide a cartography of the resonances. This approach allows us to detect easily the location of the equilibria, the amplitudes of the libration islands and the main dynamical stability features of the resonances, thus providing an overview of the 1:1 and 2:1 resonant domains under the effect of Earth’s oblateness. The results are validated by a comparison with a model developed in Cartesian coordinates, including the geopotential, the gravitational attraction of Sun and Moon and the solar radiation pressure.     

A P-laplacian problem in L1 with nonlinear boundary conditions

We study the imaginary part of the resona.nces of the Dirichlet operator in a tube. The existence of resonances in a tube of variable width is proven. Using dilation in τ$sub:b$esub: and Agniontype estimates, we obta.in an upper I)ouncl for the imaginary part, of the resonances, which decreases as t,he width of the tube tends to zero     

Estimates of 1D resonances in terms of potentials

We discuss resonances for Schrödinger operators with compactly supported potentials on the line and the half-line. We estimate the sum of the negative power of all resonances and eigenvalues in terms of the norm of the potential and the diameter of its support. The proof is based on harmonic analysis and Carleson measures arguments.     

Resonance spectrum for one-dimensional layered media

We consider the “weighted” operator P_k=????_x a(x)? _x on the real line with a step-like coefficient which appears when propagation of waves through a finite slab of a periodic medium is studied. The medium is transparent at certain resonant frequencies which are related to the complex resonance spectrum of P_k. If the coefficient is periodic on a finite interval (locally periodic) with k identical cells, then the resonance spectrum of P_k has band structure. In the article, we study a transition to semi-infinite medium by taking the limit k→?∞?. The bands of resonances in the complex lower half plane are localized below the band spectrum of the corresponding periodic problem (k=∞) with k???1 or k resonances in each band. We prove that as k→?∞?, the resonance spectrum converges to the real axis.     

ASYMPTOTICS OF THE NUMBER OF RESONANCES IN THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM

We consider the resonances for the transmission problem associated with a strictly convex transparent obstacle. Under some natural assumptions we show that there is a free of resonances region in the complex upper half plane given by {C ≤ Im λ ≤ C ₁|λ|^1/3 ? C ₂}, where C, C ₁ and C ₂ are positive constants. Moreover, we obtain asymptotics for the number of resonances counted with multiplicities in the region {0 < Im λ ≤ C, 0 < Re λ ≤ r} as r → ∞, where C > 0 is the same constant as above.

     

Twistless Tori Near Low-Order Resonances

In this paper, we investigate the behavior of the twist near low-order resonances of a periodic orbit or an equilibrium of a Hamiltonian system with two degrees of freedom. Namely, we analyze the case where the Hamiltonian has multiple eigenvalues (the Hamiltonian Hopf bifurcation) or a zero eigenvalue near the equilibrium and the case where the system has a periodic orbit whose multipliers are equal to 1 (the saddle-center bifurcation) or −1 (the period-doubling bifurcation). We show that the twist does not vanish at least in a small neighborhood of the period-doubling bifurcation. For the saddle-center bifurcation and the resonances of the equilibrium under consideration, we prove the existence of a “twistless” torus for sufficiently small values of the bifurcation parameter. An explicit dependence of the energy corresponding to the twistless torus on the bifurcation parameter is derived. Bibliography: 6 titles.__________Published in Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 300, 2003, pp. 135–144.     

On a generalization of the Chazy equation with a movable singular line

We generalize a third-order Chazy equation with a movable singular line, which has only negative resonances. For differential equations of order 2n+1 with resonances −1,−2, …, −(2n + 1), we study the convergence of the series representing their solutions, the existence of rational solutions, the invariance of these equations under certain transformations, and the existence of three-parameter solutions with a movable singular line.     

Resonances in scattering by two magnetic fields at large separation and a complex scaling method

We study the quantum resonances in magnetic scattering in two dimensions. The scattering system consists of two obstacles by which the magnetic fields are completely shielded. The trajectories trapped between the two obstacles are shown to generate the resonances near the positive real axis, when the distance between the obstacles goes to infinity. The location is described in terms of the backward amplitudes for scattering by each obstacle. A difficulty arises from the fact that even if the supports of the magnetic fields are largely separated from each other, the corresponding vector potentials are not expected to be well separated. To overcome this, we make use of a gauge transformation and develop a new type of complex scaling method. We can cover the scattering by two solenoids at large separation as a special case. The obtained result heavily depends on the magnetic fluxes of the solenoids. This indicates that the Aharonov–Bohm effect influences the location of resonances.     

Counting Function of Magnetic Resonances for Exterior Problems

We study the asymptotic distribution of the resonances near the Landau levels \({\Lambda_q =(2q+1)b}\), \({q \in \mathbb{N}}\), of the Dirichlet (resp. Neumann, resp. Robin) realization in the exterior of a compact domain of \({\mathbb{R}^3}\) of the 3D Schrödinger operator with constant magnetic field of scalar intensity \({b > 0}\). We investigate the corresponding resonance counting function and obtain the main asymptotic term. In particular, we prove the accumulation of resonances at the Landau levels and the existence of resonance-free sectors. In some cases, it provides the discreteness of the set of embedded eigenvalues near the Landau levels.