Threshold analysis of the three dimensional lattice Schrödinger operator with non-local potential (Q2206710)

Let \(L_2(\mathbb T^3)=(L_2(\mathbb T^3),<\cdot,\cdot>_{L_2(\mathbb T^3)})\) be the square-integrable functions on \(\mathbb T^3\), the three-dimensional torus, and equipped with the inner product \(<\cdot,\cdot>_{L_2(\mathbb T^3)}\). The one-particle Hamiltonian on \(L_2(\mathbb T^3)\) is defined by \(H_{\lambda\mu}=\mathcal{F}^*(-\Delta)\mathcal{F}-V\), where \(\mathcal{F}\) is the \(l_2(\mathbb Z^3)\)-valued Fourier transform on \(L_2(\mathbb T^3)\) and \[ -\Delta=\sum_{s\in\mathbb Z^3:|s|=1}(T(0)-T(s)). \] Here \(T(y)\) is the shift operator defined on \(l_2(\mathbb Z^3)\) with \(y\in\mathbb T^3\) and \[ V(f)(p)=\frac{1}{(2\pi)^3}\int_{\mathbb T^3}(\lambda+\mu(e^{i{<}x_0,p{>}_{L_2(\mathbb T^3)}} +e^{-i{<}x_0,s{>}_{L_2(\mathbb T^3)}})f(s)ds \] such that \(f\in L_2(\mathbb T^3)\), \((p,x_0)\in(\mathbb T^3)^2\), and \(\lambda\), \(\mu\) are real parameters. The authors find two results. The first one states that \(H_{\lambda\mu}\) has no eigenvalues in \((-\infty,0]\) whenever \(P(\lambda,\mu)\) is strictly negative. Here \(P\) is a suitable function and \((\lambda,\mu)\) belongs to the graph of this function. The second one states that, if \(P(\lambda,\mu)>0\), then \(H_{\lambda\mu}\) has a simple eigenvalue in \((-\infty,0)\). Further, the authors examine threshold eigenvalues (resp., resonances) analysis of \(H_{\lambda\mu}\).