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Physical relevancy of two curious PDE's
My research has brought me to the following linear parabolic second order PDE:
$$ \frac{\partial^2}{\partial x^2}\Psi(t,x)=c(t,x)\frac{\partial}{\partial t}\Psi(t,x) $$
for $c(t,x)=-\frac{t}{x}$ and $...
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Are Weyl sequences polynomially bounded?
Look at the Hilbert space $l^2( \mathbb{Z}) $ and let $A$ be a translation invariant band operator. I.e. if $\{ e_n \}_{n \in \mathbb Z} $ is the standard basis for $l^2( \mathbb{Z}) $ then it holds ...
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Domain issues regarding the Duhamel formula for the linear Schrödinger equation
I have some questions in succession regarding the rigorous domain issues about a Duhamel expansion formula (stated near the end of my post) for the linear Schrödinger equation.
Consider a linear ...
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Determining what happens to the spectrum of Schrödinger operator as boundary condition changes
I recently came across a problem in research, and I'm asking about it here after trying in math stack exchange with no luck.
Suppose I have a metric graph $G$ (or even a closed interval, to make ...
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Angular excitations and Schrodinger operators with radial potential in N-dimensions
Can someone please explain the following in mathematical language?
"First of all, angular excitations only push the energy up, never down, so it is enough to analyze spherically symmetric s-waves....
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Schrodinger operator with magnetic field: eigenvalues
Consider the self-adjoint operator on $L^{2}(\mathbb{R}^{N})$,
$$H=-\frac{1}{2}(\nabla-iA)^{2}+V,$$
where $A\in C^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^{N}, \mathbb{R}^{N} )$, $V\in C^{\infty}(\mathbb{R}^{N})$, $V\...
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Lippmann-Schwinger equation for the Coulomb potential
Let $H=H_0+V$ be a Hamiltonian on $\mathbb{R}^3$ where $H_0=-\frac{\Delta}{2m}$ is the free Hamiltonian and $V$ is a potential. Let us assume first that $V$ decays sufficiently fast at infinity and ...
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Anderson localization for Bernoulli potentials on half-line
Anderson localisation for (discrete) Schrödinger operators with Bernoulli potentials on $l^2(\mathbb{Z})$ was proven in
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01210702
I am wondering if there ...
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Estimate of a solution of Schroedinger equation for a free particle
Let $\psi(x,t)$ be a solution of the Schroedinger on the line
$$i\frac{\partial \psi}{\partial t}=-\frac{1}{2m}\frac{\partial^2 \psi}{\partial x^2}.$$
One assumes that $\psi(x,0)$ "behaves well" as $...
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Explicit form of S-matrix on the line
Consider the Hamiltonian $H$ on functions on the line with
\begin{eqnarray}
H=H_0+V,\\
H_0=-\frac{1}{2m}\frac{d^2}{dx^2}
\end{eqnarray}
where $V$ is a potential vanishing outside of a bounded interval ...
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A generalization of scattering theory
In the quantum scattering theory one proves results of the following type.
Let $H_0$ be the Laplacian $\frac{\partial^2}{\partial x_1^2}+\frac{\partial^2}{\partial x_2^2}+\frac{\partial^2}{\partial ...
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Non-isolated ground state of a Schrödinger operator
Question. Does there exist a dimension $d \in \mathbb{N}$ and a measurable function $V: \mathbb{R}^d \to [0,\infty)$ such that the smallest spectral value $\lambda$ of the Schrödinger operator $-\...
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Anderson localization for fractional Laplacians
There is a vast literature on Anderson localization, namely, the study of decay of eigenfunctions of operators on $l^2(\mathbb{Z}^d)$ such as
$$
-\Delta+\lambda V
$$
where $\Delta$ is the discrete ...
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Criteria for Schrödinger operator on real line to have simple spectrum
Consider a Schrödinger operator $H:=-\Delta+V$ on $\mathbb R$, where $V$ is such that $H$ has a purely discrete spectrum
$-\infty<\lambda_1\leq\lambda_2\leq\cdots$ converging to $+\infty$. Do there ...
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Elementary quantum scattering problem on the line.
Let us consider the quantum scattering problem on the line with the Hamiltonian
$$H=-\frac{d^2}{dx^2}+ V(x),$$
where $V(x)=1$ when $x\in (0,a)$, and $V(x)=0$ otherwise.
It is easy to see that $H$ ...
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Fourier transform of a generalized function on the plane
Is there an explicit formula for the Fourier transform of the generalized function of 2 variables
$$\frac{1}{x+y^2+i0}?$$
Remark. Equivalent question: consider the Schroedinger equation one the ...
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Single quantum particle entropy
Consider a wave function of a single particle in free space, whose evolution is described by the (non-dimensional) linear Schrodinger equation $$i\psi _t (t,\underline{x}) + \Delta \psi=V(\underline{x}...
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Spectrum of a Hamiltonian on the real line
Consider the following linear (Hamiltonian) operator on functions on the real line $\mathbb{R}$
$$H\psi(x)=-\frac{d^2}{dx^2}\psi(x)+V(x)\psi(x).$$
Assume that $V$ is a smooth function and $V(x)\to +\...
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Realizing $N$-body Hamiltonian operator from $2$-body operator
Let $N\in\mathbb{N}$, and consider the formal $N$-body Schrodinger operator
$$\sum_{j=1}^{N}-\partial_{x_{j}}^{2}+2c\sum_{1\leq j_{1}<j_{2}\leq N}\delta(X_{j_{1}}-X_{j_{2}}), \tag{1}$$
where $c\in\...
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Existence of solutions to time-dependent Schrödinger equations
I would like to know what is known about evolution equations of the form
$$iy'(t)=H_0y(x,t)+u(t)V(x)y(x,t)$$
and $y(0)=y_0 \in D(H_0)$
where
$V$ is not a bounded operator, but an unbounded one, $u \...
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Spectral growth of One dimensional Schrodinger Operator
Conside the One dimentional Schrodinger Operator
$$
-\frac{d^2}{dx^2} + ( V(x) + E )
$$
Where the Potential Function $V$ is of the form $V(x) = ax^2 + b^2x^4$ , $a,b \in \mathbb{R} $.
What is known ...
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Invariance of sets under Schrödinger equations
We are considering the Schrödinger equation on $\mathbb{R}^d \times [0,T]$
$$i \partial_t \psi(x,t)=-\Delta \psi(x,t) + u(t)V(x) \psi(x,t), t>0$$
$$\psi(x,0):=\psi(x_0) \in L^2(\mathbb{R}^d)$$
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Operator norm of almost mathieu operator
The almost Mathieu operator has become famous since it is the central object of the ten martini problem.
In this paper here a bound on the operator norm is given. Although the bound is of course ...
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Gap-opening perturbations of the periodic Schrödinger operator
I am trying to understand this short paper and I am getting stuck right at the end.
Let $V(x)$ be $C^\infty$ and 1-periodic (that is, $V(x)=V(x+1)$).
We are considering the operator
$$A=-\dfrac{d^2}...
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Is this function Schwartz?
I already asked this question here on MSE, didn't get an answer, and I'm still stuck with it.
Suppose I have a smooth function $\psi$ from $\mathbb{R}^n$ to $\mathbb{C}$, for which I know that
$$
\...
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One-parameter group of unitary operators and Core
Question : For what condition on $V$ (we can take it smooth, bounded, whatever necessary), the one-parameter unitary group $U(t)$ associated to the seladjoint operator $A=-\Delta+V$ on $\mathbb{R}^n$ ...
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Infinitesimal variation of spectrum of Schrödinger operator with changing domain
Suppose we have a Schrödinger operator
$$-\frac{d^2}{dx^2}+V(x)$$
defined on $[a,b]$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions. I am interested in whether there are any results for the variation of the ...
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Domains of raising and lowering operators in QM
Let $H : \operatorname{dom}(H) \subset L^2(\Omega) \rightarrow L^2(\Omega)$, where $dom(H) \subset H^2(\Omega)$, $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}$ should be a bounded open interval(so 1-d setting(!)) and $H$...
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Geometrical interpretation of a Schrödinger operator
Consider a $2 \times 2$ Hermitian (or symmetric) matrix-valued function
$$g(x) = \{ g_{jk}(x)\}_{j,k=1,2}, \quad x \in \mathbb{R}^{2},$$
such that $0 < m_{-}I \leq g(x) \leq m_{+}I$, for some $m_{-}...
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Self-adjointness of the components of the magnetic derivative
On $L^{2}(\mathbb{R}^{n})$ define the operator $\Pi_{j} u := (-i\partial/\partial x_{j} - A_{j})u$, where $A_{j} \in L^{2}_{loc}(\mathbb{R}^{n})$ represents the $j$-th component of the magnetic ...
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Asymptotic behavior of Schrödinger operators
I am currently dealing with $1$ or at most $2$-dimensional Schrödinger operators on compact domains. A classical result of spectral theory is the Weyl approximations for this operator
$H = -\Delta +V$....
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Time decay for Hartree equation with Coulomb potential
Are there any time-decay results for the solution of the Hartree equation
\begin{equation}\frac{1}{i}\partial_t\phi-\Delta\phi=-(|x|^{-1}\ast|\phi|^2)\phi,\quad x\in\mathbb{R}^3\end{equation} in $L^p$...
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direct proof that schrodinger's equation kernel corresponds to delta-function initial value [closed]
I want to show directly, that the kernel for the n-dimensional free linear schrodinger equation, if taken to time t=0, is dirac's $\delta $ function. I can show that the integral is constant, but it ...
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Random Schrödinger operators with asymmetric Lifshitz tails?
For a quantum mechanical system with a periodic Hamiltonian (Schrödinger operator) $H$, let $N(E)$ be its integrated density of states, i.e. the fraction of eigenvalues in the spectrum $\sigma(H)$ ...
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