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Functionals of the Brownian motion, localization and metric graphs
We review several results related to the problem of a quantum particle in a
random environment.
In an introductory part, we recall how several functionals of the Brownian
motion arise in the study of electronic transport in weakly disordered metals
(weak localization).
Two aspects of the physics of the one-dimensional strong localization are
reviewed : some properties of the scattering by a random potential (time delay
distribution) and a study of the spectrum of a random potential on a bounded
domain (the extreme value statistics of the eigenvalues).
Then we mention several results concerning the diffusion on graphs, and more
generally the spectral properties of the Schr\"odinger operator on graphs. The
interest of spectral determinants as generating functions characterizing the
diffusion on graphs is illustrated.
Finally, we consider a two-dimensional model of a charged particle coupled to
the random magnetic field due to magnetic vortices. We recall the connection
between spectral properties of this model and winding functionals of the planar
Brownian motion.Comment: Review article. 50 pages, 21 eps figures. Version 2: section 5.5 and
conclusion added. Several references adde