Must the spectrum of a random Schrödinger operator contain an interval? (Q2159239)

Consider discrete Schrödinger operators of the form \([H_\omega\psi](n)=\psi(n+1)+\psi(n-1)+V_\omega(n)\psi(n)\) in \(l^2(\mathbb{Z})\) with a random potential \(V_\omega: \mathbb{Z}\to \mathbb{R}\). As for the Anderson Model where the random variables \({V_\omega(n)}\) are independent and identically distributed, it is known that the spectrum of \(H_\omega\) is described as \(\sigma(H_\omega)=[-2,2]+\mathrm{supp}\,\nu\), where \(\nu\) is the common distribution of \(\{V_\omega(n)\}\) and \(\mathrm{supp}\,\nu\) is the topological support of \(\nu\). Consequently, Cantor type of structures cannot be seen for the spectrum of such model. In this paper, the authors attempt to see if the same phenomenon holds true even in a general setting. Particularly, they consider discrete Schrödinger operators whose random potentials are given by a sum of a perturbatively small quasiperiodic potential with analytic sampling function and Diophantine frequency vector and a term of Anderson type.