By using the adequate modified Prüfer variables, precise upper and lower bounds on the density of states in the (internal) Lifshitz tails are proven for a 1D Anderson model with bounded potential.
We prove an upper bound for the (differentiated) density of states of the Anderson model at the bottom of the spectrum. The density of states is shown to exhibit the same Lifshitz tails upper bound as the integrated density of states.
We consider the multi-particle Anderson model in the continuum and show that under some mild assumptions on the inter-particle interaction and the external potential, its lower spectral edge is almost surely constant and is the same with that of the single-particle model. We then obtain the lifshitz asymptotics for the multi-particle hamiltonian in the continuum near the bottom of the spectrum.
We study one-dimensional, continuum Bernoulli-Anderson models with general single-site potentials and prove positivity of the Lyapunov exponent away from a discrete set of critical energies. The proof is based on Fürstenberg's Theorem. The set of critical energies is described explicitly in terms of the transmission and reflection coefficients for scattering at the single-site potential. In examples we discuss the asymptotic behavior of generalized eigenfunctions at critical energies.
Following [7,8], we analyze regularity properties of single-site probability distributions of the random potential and of the Integrated Density of States (IDS) in the Anderson models with infinite-range interactions and arbitrary nontrivial probability distributions of the site potentials. In the present work, we study $2$-particle Anderson Hamiltonians on a lattice and prove spectral and strong dynamical localization at low energies, with exponentially decaying eigenfunctions, for a class of site potentials featuring a power-law decay.
This paper is devoted to the study of Lifshitz tails for a continuous matrix-valued Anderson-type model $H_ω$ acting on $L^2(\R^d)\otimes \C^{D}$, for arbitrary $d\geq 1$ and $D\geq 1$. We prove that the integrated density of states of $H_ω$ has a Lifshitz behavior at the bottom of the spectrum. We obtain a Lifshitz exponent equal to $-d/2$ and this exponent is independent of $D$. It shows that the behaviour of the integrated density of states at the bottom of the spectrum of a quasi-d-dimensional Anderson model is the same as its behaviour for a d-dimensional Anderson model.
Consider the 3D Anderson model with a zero mean and bounded i.i.d. random potential. Let $λ$ be the coupling constant measuring the strength of the disorder, and $σ(E)$ the self energy of the model at energy $E$. For any $ε>0$ and sufficiently small $λ$, we derive almost sure localization in the band $E \le -σ(0)-λ^{4-ε}$. In this energy region, we show that the typical correlation length $ξ_E$ behaves roughly as $O((|E|-σ(E))^{-1/2})$, completing the argument outlined in the unpublished work of T. Spencer.
We show there is a countable dense set of energies at which the integrated density of states of the 1D discrete Anderson-Bernoulli model can be given explicitly and does not depend on the disorder parameter, provided the latter is above an energy-dependent threshold.
Under the weak interaction regime, we prove the one and the two volumes Wegner type bounds for one dimensional multi-particle models on the lattice and for very singular probability distribution functions such as the Bernoulli measures. The results imply the Anderson loclalization in both the spectral exponential and the strong dynamical localization for the one dimensional multi-particle Bernoulli-Anderson model with weak interaction.
We consider the multi-particle Anderson model on the lattice with infinite range but sub-exponentially decaying interaction and show the Anderson localization consisting of the spectral exponential and the strong dynamical localization. In particular, the dynamical localization is proved int he Hilbert-Schmidt norm. The results concern very singular probability distributions such as the Bernoulli's measures.
We prove the Wegner bounds for the one-dimensional interacting multi-particle Anderson models in the continuum. The results apply to singular probability distribution functions such as the Bernoulli's measures. The proofs need the amplitude of the inter-particle interaction potential to be sufficiently weak. As a consequence, the results imply the Anderson localization via the multi-scale analysis.
We consider the Anderson model at large disorder on $\mathbb{Z}^2$ where the potential has a symmetric Bernoulli distribution. We prove that Anderson localization happens outside a small neighborhood of finitely many energies. These finitely many energies are Dirichlet eigenvalues of the minus Laplacian restricted on some finite subsets of $\mathbb{Z}^{2}$.
We use scattering theoretic methods to prove strong dynamical and exponential localization for one dimensional, continuum, Anderson-type models with singular distributions; in particular the case of a Bernoulli distribution is covered. The operators we consider model alloys composed of at least two distinct types of randomly dispersed atoms. Our main tools are the reflection and transmission coefficients for compactly supported single site perturbations of a periodic background which we use to verify the necessary hypotheses of multi-scale analysis. We show that non-reflectionless single sites…
We consider the $d$-dimensional fractional Anderson model $(-Δ)^α+ V_ω$ on $\ell^2(\mathbb Z^d)$ where $0<α\leq 1$. Here $-Δ$ is the negative discrete Laplacian and $V_ω$ is the random Anderson potential consisting of iid random variables. We prove that the model exhibits Lifshitz tails at the lower edge of the spectrum with exponent $ d/ (2α)$. To do so, we show among other things that the non-diagonal matrix elements of the negative discrete fractional Laplacian are negative and satisfy the two-sided bound $$ \frac{c_{α,d}}{|n-m|^{d+2α}} \leq -(-Δ)^α(n,m)\leq \frac{C_{α,d}}{|n-m|^{d+2α}} $$ …
We consider the Anderson model with Bernoulli potential on the 3D lattice, and prove localization of eigenfunctions corresponding to eigenvalues near zero, the lower boundary of the spectrum. We follow the framework by Bourgain-Kenig and Ding-Smart, and our main contribution is a 3D discrete unique continuation, which says that any eigenfunction of the harmonic operator with bounded potential cannot be too small on a significant fractional portion of all the points. Its proof relies on geometric arguments about the 3D lattice.
Originally introduced in solid state physics to model amorphous materials and alloys exhibiting disorder induced metal-insulator transitions, the Anderson model $H_ω= -Δ+ V_ω $ on $l^2(\bZ^d)$ has become in mathematical physics as well as in probability theory a paradigmatic example for the relevance of disorder effects. Here $Δ$ is the discrete Laplacian and $V_ω = \{V_ω(x): x \in \bZ^d\}$ is an i.i.d. random field taking values in $\bR$. A popular model in probability theory is the parabolic Anderson model (PAM), i.e. the discrete diffusion equation $\partial_t u(x,t) =-H_ω u(x,t)$ on $ \bZ^…
We study Lifshitz tails for random Schrödinger operators where the random potential is alloy type in the sense that the single site potentials are independent, identically distributed, but they may have various function forms. We suppose the single site potentials are distributed in a finite set of functions, and we show that under suitable symmetry conditions, they have Lifshitz tail at the bottom of the spectrum except for special cases. When the single site potential is symmetric with respect to all the axes, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of Lifshitz tails. …
We consider the parabolic Anderson problem $\partial_t u=κΔu+ξu$ on $(0,\infty)\times \Z^d$ with random i.i.d. potential $ξ=(ξ(z))_{z\in\Z^d}$ and the initial condition $u(0,\cdot)\equiv1$. Our main assumption is that $\esssupξ(0)=0$. Depending on the thickness of the distribution $\prob(ξ(0)\in\cdot)$ close to its essential supremum, we identify both the asymptotics of the moments of $u(t,0)$ and the almost-sure asymptotics of $u(t,0)$ as $t\to\infty$ in terms of variational problems. As a by-product, we establish Lifshitz tails for the random Schrödinger operator $-κΔ-ξ$ at the bottom of its…
The proof of Anderson localization for the 1D Anderson model with arbitrary (e.g. Bernoulli) disorder, originally given by Carmona-Klein-Martinelli in 1987, is based in part on the multi-scale analysis. Later, in the 90s, it was realized that for one-dimensional models with positive Lyapunov exponents some parts of multi-scale analysis can be replaced by considerations involving subharmonicity and large deviation estimates for the corresponding cocycle, leading to nonperturbative proofs for 1D quasiperiodic models. In this paper we present a short proof along these lines, for the Anderson mode…
We introduce and prove local Wegner estimates for continuous generalized Anderson Hamiltonians, where the single-site random variables are independent but not necessarily identically distributed. In particular, we get Wegner estimates with a constant that goes to zero as we approach the bottom of the spectrum. As an application, we show that the (differentiated) density of states exhibits the same Lifshitz tails upper bound as the integrated density of states.
We consider the annealed asymptotics for the survival probability of Brownian motion among randomly distributed traps. The configuration of the traps is given by independent displacements of the lattice points. We determine the long time asymptotics of the logarithm of the survival probability up to a multiplicative constant. As applications, we show the Lifshitz tail effect of the density of states of the associated random Schrödinger operator and derive a quantitative estimate for the strength of intermittency in the Parabolic Anderson problem.
We investigate the behavior near zero of the integrated density of states $\ell$ for random Schrödinger operators $Φ(-Δ) + V^ω$ in $L^2(\mathbb R^d)$, $d \geq 1$, where $Φ$ is a complete Bernstein function such that for some $α\in (0,2]$, one has $ Φ(λ) \asymp λ^{α/2}$, $λ\searrow 0$, and $V^ω(x) = \sum_{ \mathbf{i}\in \mathbb{Z}^d} q_{\mathbf{i}}(ω) W(x-\mathbf{i})$ is a random nonnegative alloy-type potential with compactly supported single site potential $W$. We prove that there are constants $C, \widetilde C,D, \widetilde D>0$ such that $$ -C \leq\liminf_{λ\searrow 0} \frac{λ^{d/α}}{|\log …
We derive bounds on the integrated density of states for a class of Schrödinger operators with a random potential. The potential depends on a sequence of random variables, not necessarily in a linear way. An example of such a random Schrödinger operator is the breather model, as introduced by Combes, Hislop and Mourre. For these models we show that the integrated density of states near the bottom of the spectrum behaves according to the so called Lifshitz asymptotics. This result can be used to prove Anderson localization in certain energy/disorder regimes.
We resolve an existing question concerning the location of the mobility edge for operators with a hopping term and a random potential on the Bethe lattice. The model has been among the earliest studied for Anderson localization, and it continues to attract attention because of analogies which have been suggested with localization issues for many particle systems. We find that extended states appear through disorder enabled resonances well beyond the energy band of the operator's hopping term. For weak disorder this includes a Lifshits tail regime of very low density of states.
The fractional moment method, which was initially developed in the discrete context for the analysis of the localization properties of lattice random operators, is extended to apply to random Schrödinger operators in the continuum. One of the new results for continuum operators are exponentially decaying bounds for the mean value of transition amplitudes, for energies throughout the localization regime. An obstacle which up to now prevented an extension of this method to the continuum is the lack of a uniform bound on the Lifshitz-Krein spectral shift associated with the local potential terms.…
We prove quantum dynamical lower bounds for one-dimensional continuum Schrödinger operators that possess critical energies for which there is slow growth of transfer matrix norms and a large class of compactly supported initial states. This general result is applied to a number of models, including the Bernoulli-Anderson model with a constant single-site potential.
We study the Integrated Density of States of one-dimensional random operators acting on $\ell^2(\mathbb Z)$ of the form $T + V_ω$ where $T$ is a Laurent (also called bi-infinite Toeplitz) matrix and $V_ω$ is an Anderson potential generated by i.i.d. random variables. We assume that the operator $T$ is associated to a bounded, Hölder-continuous symbol $f$, that attains its minimum at a finite number of points. We allow for $f$ to attain its minima algebraically. The resulting operator $T$ is long-range with weak (algebraic) off-diagonal decay. We prove that this operator exhibits Lifshitz tails…
As put forth by Kerov in the early 1990s and elucidated in subsequent works, numerous properties of Wigner random matrices are shared by certain linear maps playing an important rôle in the representation theory of the symmetric group. We introduce and study an operator of representation-theoretic origin which bears some similarity to discrete random Schrödinger operators acting on the $d$-dimensional lattice. In particular, we define its integrated density of states and prove that in dimension $d \geq 2$ it boasts Lifshitz tails similar to those of the Anderson model. The construction is clos…