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Discrete Spectrum of Quantum Hall Effect Hamiltonians II. Periodic Edge Potentials (1101.1079v3)

Published 5 Jan 2011 in math-ph, math.AP, math.MP, and math.SP

Abstract: We consider the unperturbed operator $H_0: = (-i \nabla - {\bf A})2 + W$, self-adjoint in $L2({\mathbb R}2)$. Here ${\bf A}$ is a magnetic potential which generates a constant magnetic field $b>0$, and the edge potential $W = \bar{W}$ is a ${\mathcal T}$-periodic non constant bounded function depending only on the first coordinate $x \in {\mathbb R}$ of $(x,y) \in {\mathbb R}2$. Then the spectrum $\sigma(H_0)$ of $H_0$ has a band structure, the band functions are $b {\mathcal T}$-periodic, and generically there are infinitely many open gaps in $\sigma(H_0)$. We establish explicit sufficient conditions which guarantee that a given band of $\sigma(H_0)$ has a positive length, and all the extremal points of the corresponding band function are non degenerate. Under these assumptions we consider the perturbed operators $H_{\pm} = H_0 \pm V$ where the electric potential $V \in L{\infty}({\mathbb R}2)$ is non-negative and decays at infinity. We investigate the asymptotic distribution of the discrete spectrum of $H_\pm$ in the spectral gaps of $H_0$. We introduce an effective Hamiltonian which governs the main asymptotic term; this Hamiltonian could be interpreted as a 1D Schroedinger operator with infinite-matrix-valued potential. Further, we restrict our attention on perturbations $V$ of compact support. We find that there are infinitely many discrete eigenvalues in any open gap in the spectrum of $\sigma(H_0)$, and the convergence of these eigenvalues to the corresponding spectral edge is asymptotically Gaussian.

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