Spectral properties of Schrödinger operators on superconducting surfaces (Q2256855)

Summary: In this work, we focus on the characterization of the space \(L^2 (S; \mathbb C)\) on Riemannian 2-manifolds \(S\) induced by a fixed magnetic vector potential \(\mathbf{A}_0\) in the nonlinear Ginzburg-Landau (GL) superconductivity model. The linear differential operator governing the GL model is the surface Schrödinger operator \((i \nabla + \mathbf{A}_0)^2\) on \(S\). We obtain a complete orthonormal system in \(L^2 (S; \mathbb C)\) from a collection of nontrivial solutions of the weak-form of the spectral problem associated with \((i \nabla + \mathbf{A}_0)^2\). Then, after proving that any member of this basis satisfies a higher regularity condition, we conclude that each is also an eigenfunction of the strong-form of the surface Schrödinger operator, and must satisfy a natural Neumann condition over any nonempty component of the manifold boundary \(\partial S\). These results form the theoretical foundations used to develop efficient computational tools for simulating the Langevin version of the surface GL model.