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David Damanik

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arXiv2012

Continuum Schrödinger Operators Associated With Aperiodic Subshifts

We study Schrödinger operators on the real line whose potentials are generated by an underlying ergodic subshift over a finite alphabet and a rule that replaces symbols by compactly supported potential pieces. We first develop the standard theory that shows that the spectrum and the spectral type are almost surely constant, and that identifies the almost sure absolutely continuous spectrum with the essential closure of the set of energies with vanishing Lyapunov exponent. Using results of Damanik-Lenz and Klassert-Lenz-Stollmann, we also show that the spectrum is a Cantor set of zero Lebesgue measure if the subhift satisfies the Boshernitzan condition and the potentials are aperiodic and irreducible. We then study the case of the Fibonacci subshift in detail and prove results for the local Hausdorff dimension of the spectrum at a given energy in terms of the value of the associated Fricke-Vogt invariant. These results are elucidated for some simple choices of the local potential pieces, such as piecewise constant ones and local point interactions. In the latter special case, our results explain the occurrence of so-called pseudo bands, which have been pointed out in the physics literature.

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arXiv2012

Limit-Periodic Schrodinger Operators on Z^d: Uniform Localization

We exhibit d-dimensional limit-periodic Schrodinger operators that are uniformly localized in the strongest sense possible. That is, for each of these operators, there is a uniform exponential decay rate such that every element of the hull of the corresponding Schrodinger operator has a complete set of eigenvectors that decay exponentially off their centers of localization at least as fast as prescribed by the uniform decay rate. Consequently, these operators exhibit uniform dynamical localization.

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arXiv2012

The Density of States Measure of the Weakly Coupled Fibonacci Hamiltonian

We consider the density of states measure of the Fibonacci Hamiltonian and show that, for small values of the coupling constant $V$, this measure is exact-dimensional and the almost everywhere value $d_V$ of the local scaling exponent is a smooth function of $V$, is strictly smaller than the Hausdorff dimension of the spectrum, and converges to one as $V$ tends to zero. The proof relies on a new connection between the density of states measure of the Fibonacci Hamiltonian and the measure of maximal entropy for the Fibonacci trace map on the non-wandering set in the $V$-dependent invariant surface. This allows us to make a connection between the spectral problem at hand and the dimension theory of dynamical systems.

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arXiv2011

A Short Course on One-Dimensional Random Schrödinger Operators

We discuss various approaches to localization results for one-dimensional random Schrödinger operators, both discrete and continuum. We focus in particular on the approach based on Fürstenberg's Theorem and the Kunz-Souillard method. These notes are based on a series of five one-hour lectures given at University College London in June/July 2011.

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arXiv2010

Spectral Properties of Limit-Periodic Schrödinger Operators

We investigate the spectral properties of Schrödinger operators in l^2(Z) with limit-periodic potentials. The perspective we take was recently proposed by Avila and is based on regarding such potentials as generated by continuous sampling along the orbits of a minimal translation of a Cantor group. This point of view allows one to separate the base dynamics and the sampling function. We show that for any such base dynamics, the spectrum is a Cantor set of positive Lebesgue measure and purely absolutely continuous for a dense set of sampling functions, and it is a Cantor set of zero Lebesgue measure and purely singular continuous for a dense G_δset of sampling functions.

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arXiv2010

Limit-Periodic Schrödinger Operators in the Regime of Positive Lyapunov Exponents

We investigate the spectral properties of the discrete one-dimensional Schrödinger operators whose potentials are generated by continuous sampling along the orbits of a minimal translation of a Cantor group. We show that for given Cantor group and minimal translation, there is a dense set of continuous sampling functions such that the spectrum of the associated operators has zero Hausdorff dimension and all spectral measures are purely singular continuous. The associated Lyapunov exponent is a continuous strictly positive function of the energy. It is possible to include a coupling constant in the model and these results then hold for every non-zero value of the coupling constant.

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arXiv2010

Limit-Periodic Schrödinger Operators With Uniformly Localized Eigenfunctions

We exhibit limit-periodic Schrödinger operators that are uniformly localized in the strongest sense possible. That is, for these operators there are uniform exponential decay rates such that every element of the hull has a complete set of eigenvectors that decay exponentially off their centers of localization at least as fast as prescribed by the uniform decay rate. Consequently, these operators exhibit uniform dynamical localization.

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arXiv2010

Spectral and Quantum Dynamical Properties of the Weakly Coupled Fibonacci Hamiltonian

We consider the spectrum of the Fibonacci Hamiltonian for small values of the coupling constant. It is known that this set is a Cantor set of zero Lebesgue measure. Here we study the limit, as the value of the coupling constant approaches zero, of its thickness and its Hausdorff dimension. We prove that the thickness tends to infinity and, consequently, the Hausdorff dimension of the spectrum tends to one. We also show that at small coupling, all gaps allowed by the gap labeling theorem are open and the length of every gap tends to zero linearly. Moreover, for sufficiently small coupling, the sum of the spectrum with itself is an interval. This last result provides a rigorous explanation of a phenomenon for the Fibonacci square lattice discovered numerically by Even-Dar Mandel and Lifshitz. Finally, we provide explicit upper and lower bounds for the solutions to the difference equation and use them to study the spectral measures and the transport exponents.

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arXiv2009

A Continuum Version of the Kunz-Souillard Approach to Localization in One Dimension

We consider continuum one-dimensional Schrödinger operators with potentials that are given by a sum of a suitable background potential and an Anderson-type potential whose single-site distribution has a continuous and compactly supported density. We prove exponential decay of the expectation of the finite volume correlators, uniform in any compact energy region, and deduce from this dynamical and spectral localization. The proofs implement a continuum analog of the method Kunz and Souillard developed in 1980 to study discrete one-dimensional Schrödinger operators with potentials of the form background plus random.

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arXiv2009

The Spectrum of the Almost Mathieu Operator

These notes are based on a series of six lectures, given during my stay at the CRC 701 in June/July 2008. The lecture series intended to give a survey of some of the results for the almost Mathieu operator that have been obtained since the early 1980's. Specifically, the metal-insulator transition is discussed in detail, along with its relation to the ten Martini problem via duality and reducibility.

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arXiv2009

Schrödinger Operators Defined by Interval Exchange Transformations

We discuss discrete one-dimensional Schrödinger operators whose potentials are generated by an invertible ergodic transformation of a compact metric space and a continuous real-valued sampling function. We pay particular attention to the case where the transformation is a minimal interval exchange transformation. Results about the spectrum and the spectral type of these operators are established. In particular, we provide the first examples of transformations for which the associated Schrödinger operators have purely singular spectrum for every non-constant continuous sampling function.

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arXiv2009

Opening Gaps in the Spectrum of Strictly Ergodic Schrödinger Operators

We consider Schrödinger operators with dynamically defined potentials arising from continuous sampling along orbits of strictly ergodic transformations. The Gap Labeling Theorem states that the possible gaps in the spectrum can be canonically labelled by an at most countable set defined purely in terms of the dynamics. Which labels actually appear depends on the choice of the sampling function; the missing labels are said to correspond to collapsed gaps. Here we show that for any collapsed gap, the sampling function may be continuously deformed so that the gap immediately opens. As a corollary, we conclude that for generic sampling functions, all gaps are open. The proof is based on the analysis of continuous $SL(2,R)$ cocycles, for which we obtain dynamical results of independent interest.

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arXiv2009

The Spectrum of the Weakly Coupled Fibonacci Hamiltonian

We consider the spectrum of the Fibonacci Hamiltonian for small values of the coupling constant. It is known that this set is a Cantor set of zero Lebesgue measure. Here we study the limit, as the value of the coupling constant approaches zero, of its thickness and its Hausdorff dimension. We announce the following results and explain some key ideas that go into their proofs. The thickness tends to infinity and, consequently, the Hausdorff dimension of the spectrum tends to one. Moreover, the length of every gap tends to zero linearly. Finally, for sufficiently small coupling, the sum of the spectrum with itself is an interval. This last result provides a rigorous explanation of a phenomenon for the Fibonacci square lattice discovered numerically by Even-Dar Mandel and Lifshitz.

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arXiv2008

Perturbations of Orthogonal Polynomials With Periodic Recursion Coefficients

We extend the results of Denisov-Rakhmanov, Szego-Shohat-Nevai, and Killip-Simon from asymptotically constant orthogonal polynomials on the real line (OPRL) and unit circle (OPUC) to asymptotically periodic OPRL and OPUC. The key tool is a characterization of the isospectral torus that is well adapted to the study of perturbations.

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arXiv2008

Pinned Repetitions in Symbolic Flows: Preliminary Results

We consider symbolic flows over finite alphabets and study certain kinds of repetitions in these sequences. Positive and negative results for the existence of such repetitions are given for codings of interval exchange transformations and codings of quadratic polynomials.

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arXiv2008

The Spectrum and the Spectral Type of the Off-Diagonal Fibonacci Operator

We consider Jacobi matrices with zero diagonal and off-diagonals given by elements of the hull of the Fibonacci sequence and show that the spectrum has zero Lebesgue measure and all spectral measures are purely singular continuous. In addition, if the two hopping parameters are distinct but sufficiently close to each other, we show that the spectrum is a dynamically defined Cantor set, which has a variety of consequences for its local and global fractal dimension.

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