247 research outputs found
Essential self-adjointness for combinatorial Schr\"odinger operators II- Metrically non complete graphs
We consider weighted graphs, we equip them with a metric structure given by a
weighted distance, and we discuss essential self-adjointness for weighted graph
Laplacians and Schr\"odinger operators in the metrically non complete case.Comment: Revisited version: Ognjen Milatovic wrote to us that he had
discovered a gap in the proof of theorem 4.2 of our paper. As a consequence
we propose to make an additional assumption (regularity property of the
graph) to this theorem. A new subsection (4.1) is devoted to the study of
this property and some details have been changed in the proof of theorem 4.
The problem of deficiency indices for discrete Schr\"odinger operators on locally finite graphs
The number of self-adjoint extensions of a symmetric operator acting on a
complex Hilbert space is characterized by its deficiency indices. Given a
locally finite unoriented simple tree, we prove that the deficiency indices of
any discrete Schr\"odinger operator are either null or infinite. We also prove
that almost surely, there is a tree such that all discrete Schr\"odinger
operators are essentially self-adjoint. Furthermore, we provide several
criteria of essential self-adjointness. We also adress some importance to the
case of the adjacency matrix and conjecture that, given a locally finite
unoriented simple graph, its the deficiency indices are either null or
infinite. Besides that, we consider some generalizations of trees and weighted
graphs.Comment: Typos corrected. References and ToC added. Paper slightly
reorganized. Section 3.2, about the diagonalization has been much improved.
The older section about the stability of the deficiency indices in now in
appendix. To appear in Journal of Mathematical Physic
Quantum breaking time near classical equilibrium points
By using numerical and semiclassical methods, we evaluate the quantum
breaking, or Ehrenfest time for a wave packet localized around classical
equilibrium points of autonomous one-dimensional systems with polynomial
potentials. We find that the Ehrenfest time diverges logarithmically with the
inverse of the Planck constant whenever the equilibrium point is exponentially
unstable. For stable equilibrium points, we have a power law divergence with
exponent determined by the degree of the potential near the equilibrium point.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Topological properties of quantum periodic Hamiltonians
We consider periodic quantum Hamiltonians on the torus phase space
(Harper-like Hamiltonians). We calculate the topological Chern index which
characterizes each spectral band in the generic case. This calculation is made
by a semi-classical approach with use of quasi-modes. As a result, the Chern
index is equal to the homotopy of the path of these quasi-modes on phase space
as the Floquet parameter (\theta) of the band is varied. It is quite
interesting that the Chern indices, defined as topological quantum numbers, can
be expressed from simple properties of the classical trajectories.Comment: 27 pages, 14 figure
Semiclassical transmission across transition states
It is shown that the probability of quantum-mechanical transmission across a
phase space bottleneck can be compactly approximated using an operator derived
from a complex Poincar\'e return map. This result uniformly incorporates
tunnelling effects with classically-allowed transmission and generalises a
result previously derived for a classically small region of phase space.Comment: To appear in Nonlinearit
Eigenvalues of Laplacian with constant magnetic field on non-compact hyperbolic surfaces with finite area
We consider a magnetic Laplacian on a
noncompact hyperbolic surface \mM with finite area. is a real one-form
and the magnetic field is constant in each cusp. When the harmonic
component of satifies some quantified condition, the spectrum of
is discrete. In this case we prove that the counting function of
the eigenvalues of satisfies the classical Weyl formula, even
when $dA=0.
Semi-classical study of the Quantum Hall conductivity
The semi-classical study of the integer Quantum Hall conductivity is
investigated for electrons in a bi-periodic potential .
The Hall conductivity is due to the tunnelling effect and we concentrate our
study to potentials having three wells in a periodic cell. A non-zero
topological conductivity requires special conditions for the positions, and
shapes of the wells. The results are derived analytically and well confirmed by
numerical calculations.Comment: 23 pages, 13 figure
Fractional Hamiltonian Monodromy from a Gauss-Manin Monodromy
Fractional Hamiltonian Monodromy is a generalization of the notion of
Hamiltonian Monodromy, recently introduced by N. N. Nekhoroshev, D. A.
Sadovskii and B. I. Zhilinskii for energy-momentum maps whose image has a
particular type of non-isolated singularities. In this paper, we analyze the
notion of Fractional Hamiltonian Monodromy in terms of the Gauss-Manin
Monodromy of a Riemann surface constructed from the energy-momentum map and
associated to a loop in complex space which bypasses the line of singularities.
We also prove some propositions on Fractional Hamiltonian Monodromy for 1:-n
and m:-n resonant systems.Comment: 39 pages, 24 figures. submitted to J. Math. Phy
Families of spherical caps: spectra and ray limit
We consider a family of surfaces of revolution ranging between a disc and a
hemisphere, that is spherical caps. For this family, we study the spectral
density in the ray limit and arrive at a trace formula with geodesic polygons
describing the spectral fluctuations. When the caps approach the hemisphere the
spectrum becomes equally spaced and highly degenerate whereas the derived trace
formula breaks down. We discuss its divergence and also derive a different
trace formula for this hemispherical case. We next turn to perturbative
corrections in the wave number where the work in the literature is done for
either flat domains or curved without boundaries. In the present case, we
calculate the leading correction explicitly and incorporate it into the
semiclassical expression for the fluctuating part of the spectral density. To
the best of our knowledge, this is the first calculation of such perturbative
corrections in the case of curvature and boundary.Comment: 28 pages, 7 figure
Semi-classical analysis and passive imaging
Passive imaging is a new technique which has been proved to be very
efficient, for example in seismology: the correlation of the noisy fields,
computed from the fields recorded at different points, is strongly related to
the Green function of the wave propagation. The aim of this paper is to provide
a mathematical context for this approach and to show, in particular, how the
methods of semi-classical analysis can be be used in order to find the
asymptotic behaviour of the correlations.Comment: Invited paper to appear in NONLINEARITY; Accepted Revised versio
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