Tunnel splitting of the spectrum and bilocalization of eigenfunctions in an asymmetric double well

We consider the one-dimensional stationary Schrödinger equation with a smooth double-well potential. We obtain a criterion for the double localization of wave functions, exponential splitting of energy levels, and the tunneling transport of a particle in an asymmetric potential and also obtain asymptotic formulas for the energy splitting that generalize the formulas known in the case of a mirror-symmetric potential. We consider the case of higher energy levels and the case of energies close to the potential minimums. We present an example of tunneling transport in an asymmetric double well and also consider the problem of tunnel perturbation of the discrete spectrum of the Schrödinger operator with a single-well potential. Exponentially small perturbations of the energies occur in the case of local potential deformations concentrated only in the classically forbidden region. We also calculate the leading term of the asymptotic expansion of the tunnel perturbation of the spectrum.     

On mild solutions of gradient systems in Hilbert spaces

We consider the Cauchy problem for an infinite-dimensional Ornstein-Uhlenbeck equation perturbed by gradient of a potential. We prove some results on existence and uniqueness of mild solutions of the problem. We also provide stochastic representation of mild solutions in terms of linear backward stochastic differential equations determined by the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operator and the potential.     

Asymptotic approximations for a new eigenvalue in linear problems without a threshold

We study the criterion for a new eigenvalue to appear in the linear spectral problem associated with the intermediate long-wave equation. We compute the asymptotic value of the new eigenvalue in the limit of a small potential using a Fourier decomposition method. We compare the results with those for the Schrödinger operator with a radially symmetrical potential.     

Uniqueness in potential scattering with reduced data

We consider inverse potential scattering problems where the source of the incident waves is located on a smooth closed surface outside of the inhomogeneity of the media. The scattered waves are measured on the same surface at a fixed value of the energy. We show that these data determine the bounded potential uniquely.     

Stationary Schr?dinger equation in nonrelativistic quantum mechanics and the functional integral

We formulate a method for representing solutions of homogeneous second-order equations in the form of a functional integral or path integral. As an example, we derive solutions of second-order equations with constant coefficients and a linear potential. The method can be used to find general solutions of the stationary Schr?dinger equation. We show how to find the spectrum and eigenfunctions of the quantum oscillator equation. We obtain a solution of the stationary Schr?dinger equation in the semiclassical approximation, without a singularity at the turning point. In that approximation, we find the coefficient of transmission through a potential barrier. We obtain a representation for the elastic potential scattering amplitude in the form of a functional integral.     

Long-step strategies in interior-point primal-dual methods

In this paper we analyze from a unique point of view the behavior of path-following and primal-dual potential reduction methods on nonlinear conic problems. We demonstrate that most interior-point methods with efficiency estimate can be considered as different strategies of minimizing aconvex primal-dual potential function in an extended primal-dual space. Their efficiency estimate is a direct consequence of large local norm of the gradient of the potential function along a central path. It is shown that the neighborhood of this path is a region of the fastest decrease of the potential. Therefore the long-step path-following methods are, in a sense, the best potential-reduction strategies. We present three examples of such long-step strategies. We prove also an efficiency estimate for a pure primal-dual potential reduction method, which can be considered as an implementation of apenalty strategy based on a functional proximity measure. Using the convex primal dual potential, we prove efficiency estimates for Karmarkar-type and Dikin-type methods as applied to a homogeneous reformulation of the initial primal-dual problem.     

Splitting of lower energy levels in a quantum double well in a magnetic field and tunneling of wave packets in Nanowires

We consider the problem of the splitting of lower eigenvalues of the two-dimensional Schrödinger operator with a double-well-type potential in the presence of a homogeneous magnetic field. The main result is the observation that the partial Fourier transformation takes the operator under study to a Schrödingertype operator with a (new) double-well-type potential but already without any magnetic field. We use this observation to investigate the influence of the magnetic field on the tunneling effects. We discuss two methods for calculating the splitting of lower eigenvalues: based on the instanton and based on the so-called libration. We use the obtained result to study the tunneling of wave packets in parallel quantum nanowires in a constant magnetic field.     

Fluctuations in the homogenization of semilinear equations with random potentials

We study the stochastic homogenization and obtain a random fluctuation theory for semilinear elliptic equations with a rapidly varying random potential. To first order, the effective potential is the average potential and the nonlinearity is not affected by the randomness. We then study the limiting distribution of the properly scaled homogenization error (random fluctuations) in the space of square integrable functions, and prove that the limit is a Gaussian distribution characterized by homogenized solution, the Green’s function of the linearized equation around the homogenized solution, and by the integral of the correlation function of the random potential. These results enlarge the scope of the framework that we have developed for linear equations to the class of semilinear equations.     

A perturbation analysis of a mechanical model for stable spatial patterning in embryology

Summary We investigate a mechanical cell-traction mechanism that generates stationary spatial patterns. A linear analysis highlights the model's potential for these heterogeneous solutions. We use multiple-scale perturbation techniques to study the evolution of these solutions and compare our solutions with numerical simulations of the model system. We discuss some potential biological applications among which are the formation of ridge patterns, dermatoglyphs, and wound healing.     

Multipole Pseudopotential Method for Some Problems in Quantum Scattering

We construct a multipole pseudopotential that allows reconstructing the wave function in some problems in quantum scattering theory that are described by a nonlinear wave equation with a potential of compact support and a nonlocal boundary condition given in terms of the scattering amplitude. We establish that the structure of the wave function is completely defined by the scattering amplitude and is independent of the choice of the potential.     

Chiral solitons in a quantum potential

We study chiral solitons in a quantum potential using a dimensional reduction of the problem for (2+1)-dimensional anyons. We show that the integrable version of the model is described by a family of the resonant derivative nonlinear Schrödinger equations. For a quantum potential strength s > 1, we show that the chiral soliton interaction has a resonance. We investigate the semiclassical quantization procedure for solitons.     

Quenched point-to-point free energy for random walks in random potentials

We consider a random walk in a random potential on a square lattice of arbitrary dimension. The potential is a function of an ergodic environment and steps of the walk. The potential is subject to a moment assumption whose strictness is tied to the mixing of the environment, the best case being the i.i.d. environment. We prove that the infinite volume quenched point-to-point free energy exists and has a variational formula in terms of entropy. We establish regularity properties of the point-to-point free energy, and link it to the infinite volume point-to-line free energy and quenched large deviations of the walk. One corollary is a quenched large deviation principle for random walk in an ergodic random environment, with a continuous rate function.     

Inverse Problems for the Pauli Hamiltonian in Two Dimensions

We prove in two dimensions that the set of Cauchy data for the Pauli Hamiltonian measured on the boundary of a bounded open subset with smooth enough boundary determines uniquely the magnetic field and the electrical potential provided that the electrical potential is small in an appropriate topology. This result has the immediate consequence, in the case that the magnetic potential and electrical potential have compact support, that we can determine uniquely the magnetic field and the electrical potential by measuring the scattering amplitude at a fixed energy provided that the electrical potential is small in an appropriate topology.     

Resolvents in Semi-linear Harmonic Spaces

We will show that the semi-linear potential kernels defined in [4] have a resolvent associated with them. Furthermore, the bounded excessive functions of this resolvent correspond to the bounded hyperharmonic functions as they do in linear potential theory.     

Non-existence of strong regular reflections in self-similar potential flow

We consider shock reflection which has a well-known local non-uniqueness: the reflected shock can be either of two choices, called weak and strong. We consider cases where existence of a global solution with weak reflected shock has been proven, for compressible potential flow. If there was a global strong-shock solution as well, then potential flow would be ill-posed. However, we prove non-existence of strong-shock analogues in a natural class of candidates.     

The method of amplitude functions in two-dimensional scattering theory

We present a formulation and mathematical justification of the method of amplitude functions. This method allows solving the radial problem of the two-dimensional scattering of a quantum particle by the sum of a Coulomb potential and a certain short-range or long-range central potential.     

Smolukhovsky problem for electrons in a metal

We find an analytic solution of the Smolukhovsky problem of the temperature and electric potential jumps in a metal under the action of the temperature gradient normal to the surface. We take the character of the electron energy accommodation on the surface into account. We find the analytic expressions for the electric field generated by heat processes, for the temperature distribution, and for the electric potential.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 142, No. 1, pp. 93–111, January, 2005.     

Solutions of the Vlasov equation in Lagrange coordinates

We show that the method of “finite-size” particles is a discrete model of the Vlasov equation but in a different (effective) interaction potential. We calculate the effective potential explicitly in the most interesting case of the Coulomb interaction. We find the equations of motion of particles of “finite size” for the Gaussian form factor. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 151, No. 1, pp. 138–148, April, 2007.     

Dirichlet problem for axisymmetric potential fields in a disk of the meridian plane. I

We develop new methods for the solution of boundary-value problems in the meridian plane of an antisymmetric potential solenoidal field with regard for the nature and specific features of axisymmetric problems. We determine the solutions of the Dirichlet problems for an axisymmetric potential and the Stokes flow function in a disk in an explicit form.     

Exact solutions of nonlocal nonlinear field equations in cosmology

We consider a method for seeking exact solutions of the equation of a nonlocal scalar field in a nonflat metric. In the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker metric, the proposed method can be used in the case of an arbitrary potential except linear and quadratic potentials, and it allows obtaining solutions in quadratures depending on two arbitrary parameters. We find exact solutions for an arbitrary cubic potential, which consideration is motivated by string field theory, and also for exponential, logarithmic, and power potentials. We show that the k-essence field can be added to the model to obtain exact solutions satisfying all the Einstein equations.