Comparison Theorems for the Spectral Gap of Diffusion Processes and Schrodinger Operators on an Interval

The spectral gaps and thus the exponential rates of convergenceto equilibrium are compared for ergodic one-dimensional diffusionson an interval. One of the results may be thought of as thediffusion analogue of a recent result for the spectral gap ofone-dimensional Schrödinger operators. The similaritiesand differences between spectral gap results for diffusionsand for Schrödinger operators are also discussed.     

Regularized Traces and Taylor Expansions for the Heat Semigroup

The coefficients in asymptotics of regularized traces and associatedtrace (spectral) distributions for Schrödinger operatorswith short and long range potentials are computed. A kernelexpansion for the Schrödinger semigroup is derived, anda connection with non-commutative Taylor formulas is established.     

Schrödinger operators on periodic discrete graphs

We consider Schrödinger operators with periodic potentials on periodic discrete graphs. The spectrum of the Schrödinger operator consists of an absolutely continuous part (a union of a finite number of non-degenerated bands) plus a finite number of flat bands, i.e., eigenvalues of infinite multiplicity. We obtain estimates of the Lebesgue measure of the spectrum in terms of geometric parameters of the graph and show that they become identities for some class of graphs. Moreover, we obtain stability estimates and show the existence and positions of large number of flat bands for specific graphs. The proof is based on the Floquet theory and the precise representation of fiber Schrödinger operators, constructed in the paper.     

Matrix technique for nonperturbative Green function of time-independent Schrödinger equation

A Green function of time-independent multi-channel Schrödinger equation is considered in matrix representation beyond a perturbation theory. Nonperturbative Green functions are obtained through the regular in zero and at infinity solutions of the multi-channel Schrödinger equation for different cases of symmetry of the full Hamiltonian. The spectral expansions for the nonperturbative Green functions are obtained in simple form through multi-channel wave functions. The developed approach is applied to obtain simple analytic equations for the Green functions and transition matrix elements for compound multi-potential system within quasi-classical approximation. The limits of strong and weak inter-channel interactions are studied.     

Ideas in the theory of random media

These lectures discuss the ideas of localization, intermittency, and random fluctuations in the theory of random media. These ideas are compared and contrasted with the older approach based on averaging. Within this framework, the topics discussed include: Anderson localization, turbulent diffusion and flows, periodic Schrödinger operators and averaging theory, longwave oscillations of elastic random media, stochastic differential equations, the spectral theory of Hamiltonians with (an infinite sequence of) wells, random Schrödinger operators, electrons in a random homogeneous field, influence of localization effects on the propagation of elastic waves, the Lyapunov spectrum (Lyapunov exponents), the Furstenberg and Oseledec theorems for ann-tuple of identically distributed unimodular matrices and their relation with the spectral theory of random Schrödinger or string operators, Rossby waves, averaging on random Schrödinger operators, percolation mechanisms, the moments method in the theory of sequences of random variables, the evolution of a magnetic field in the turbulent flow of a conducting fluid or plasma (the so-called kinematical dynamo problem), heat transmission in a randomly flowing fluid.     

Initial-Boundary Value Problems for Linear and Soliton PDEs

We consider evolution PDEs for dispersive waves in both linear and nonlinear integrable cases and formulate the associated initial-boundary value problems in the spectral space. We propose a solution method based on eliminating the unknown boundary values by proper restrictions of the functional space and of the spectral variable complex domain. Illustrative examples include the linear Schrödinger equation on compact and semicompact n-dimensional domains and the nonlinear Schrödinger equation on the semiline.     

Spectral averaging, perturbation of singular spectra, and localization

A spectral averaging theorem is proved for one-parameter families of self-adjoint operators using the method of differential inequalities. This theorem is used to establish the absolute continuity of the averaged spectral measure with respect to Lebesgue measure. This is an important step in controlling the singular continuous spectrum of the family for almost all values of the parameter. The main application is to the problem of localization for certain families of random Schrödinger operators. Localization for a family of random Schrödinger operators is established employing these results and a multi-scale analysis.

     

Asymptotic formulae with remainder estimates for eigenvalue branches of the Schrödinger operator

The Floquet theory provides a decomposition of a periodic
Schrödinger operator into a direct integral, over a torus, of operators on a basic period cell. In this paper, it is proved that the same transform establishes a unitary equivalence between a multiplier by a decaying potential and a pseudo-differential operator on the torus, with an operator-valued symbol. A formula for the symbol is given. As applications, precise remainder estimates and two-term asymptotic formulas for spectral problems for a perturbed periodic Schrödinger operator are obtained.

     

Continuous integral kernels for unbounded Schrödinger semigroups and their spectral projections

By suitably extending a Feynman-Kac formula of Simon (Canad. Math. Soc. Conf. Proc. 28 (2000) 317), we study one-parameter semigroups generated by (the negative of) rather general Schrödinger operators, which may be unbounded from below and include a magnetic vector potential. In particular, a common domain of essential self-adjointness for such a semigroup is specified. Moreover, each member of the semigroup is proven to be a maximal Carleman operator with a continuous integral kernel given by a Brownian-bridge expectation. The results are used to show that the spectral projections of the generating Schrödinger operator also act as Carleman operators with continuous integral kernels. Applications to Schrödinger operators with rather general random scalar potentials include a rigorous justification of an integral-kernel representation of their integrated density of states—a relation frequently used in the physics literature on disordered solids.     

Generalized Eigenfunctions for Waves in Inhomogeneous Media

Many wave propagation phenomena in classical physics are governed by equations that can be recast in Schrödinger form. In this approach the classical wave equation (e.g., Maxwell's equations, acoustic equation, elastic equation) is rewritten in Schrödinger form, leading to the study of the spectral theory of its classical wave operator, a self-adjoint, partial differential operator on a Hilbert space of vector-valued, square integrable functions. Physically interesting inhomogeneous media give rise to nonsmooth coefficients. We construct a generalized eigenfunction expansion for classical wave operators with nonsmooth coefficients. Our construction yields polynomially bounded generalized eigenfunctions, the set of generalized eigenvalues forming a subset of the operator's spectrum with full spectral measure.     

Schrödinger operators and associated hyperbolic pencils

For a large class of Schrödinger operators, we introduce the hyperbolic quadratic pencils by making the coupling constant dependent on the energy in the very special way. For these pencils, many problems of scattering theory are significantly easier to study. Then, we give some applications to the original Schrödinger operators including one-dimensional Schrödinger operators with L²-operator-valued potentials, multidimensional Schrödinger operators with slowly decaying potentials.     

A Szeg? condition for a multidimensional Schrödinger operator

We consider spectral properties of a Schrödinger operator perturbed by a potential vanishing at infinity and prove that the corresponding spectral measure satisfies a Szeg?-type condition.     

Semiclassical limit of the lowest eigenvalue of a Schrödinger operator on a Wiener space

We study a semiclassical limit of the lowest eigenvalue of a Schrödinger operator on a Wiener space. Key results are semiboundedness theorem of the Schrödinger operator, Laplace-type asymptotic formula and IMS localization formula. We also make a remark on the semiclassical problem of a Schrödinger operator on a path space over a Riemannian manifold.     

Schrödinger operators and de Branges spaces

We present an approach to de Branges's theory of Hilbert spaces of entire functions that emphasizes the connections to the spectral theory of differential operators. The theory is used to discuss the spectral representation of one-dimensional Schrödinger operators and to solve the inverse spectral problem.     

Estimates for the lowest eigenvalue of a star graph

We derive new estimates for the lowest eigenvalue of the Schrödinger operator associated with a star graph in R². We achieve this by a variational method and a procedure for identifying test functions which are sympathetic to the geometry of the star graph.     

Remarks on the spectral theory for the multiparticle-type Schrödinger operator

Mourre's method is used to prove the limiting absorption principle for the multiparticle Schrödinger operator under the same assumptions on the pair potentials as in the two-particle problem. It is shown that at high energies this principle is valid under wider conditions than on the whole spectral axis. The scattering theory for a Schrödinger operator whose potential decays at infinity in an essentially anisotropic manner is constructed in analogy with the three-particle problem.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 133, pp. 277–298, 1984.     

Direct search for exact solutions to the nonlinear Schrödinger equation

A five-dimensional symmetry algebra consisting of Lie point symmetries is firstly computed for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation, which, together with a reflection invariance, generates two five-parameter solution groups. Three ansätze of transformations are secondly analyzed and used to construct exact solutions to the nonlinear Schrödinger equation. Various examples of exact solutions with constant, trigonometric function type, exponential function type and rational function amplitude are given upon careful analysis. A bifurcation phenomenon in the nonlinear Schrödinger equation is clearly exhibited during the solution process.     

On global Strichartz estimates for non-trapping metrics

We prove global Strichartz estimates (with spectral cutoff on the low frequencies) for non-trapping metric perturbations of the Schrödinger equation, posed on the Euclidean space.     

Resolvent estimates and scattering matrix for N-particle Hamiltonians

New estimates for the resolvent of theN-particle Schrödinger operator are established. The estimates obtained allow us to give stationary representations for the corresponding scattering matrix. In particular, it is shown that the scattering matrix is a strongly continuous function of the spectral parameter (energy).