Simplicity of singular spectrum in Anderson-type Hamiltonians (Q2496926)

The authors study random self-adjoint operators of the form \[ H_\omega =H_0+\sum \omega (n)\langle \delta_n,\cdot \rangle \delta_n , \] where \(H_0\) is a bounded non-random self-adjoint operator, \(\{ \delta_n\}\) is a family of orthonormal vectors and \(\omega (n)\) are independent random variables with absolutely continuous probability distributions. A general structure theorem about the operators \(H_\omega\) is proved. It states, in particular, a number of properties of cyclic subspaces generated by \(H_\omega\) and subfamilies of \(\{ \delta_n\}\). For example, such a subspace corresponding to the whole family \(\{ \delta_n\}\) is equal to the cyclic subspace generated by \(H_0\) and \(\{ \delta_n\}\), and it is thus independent of \(\omega\). The structure theorem is used to prove that the singular spectrum of \(H_\omega\) is a.s.\ simple. This extends a result by \textit{B.~Simon} [Rev.\ Math.\ Phys.\ 6, No.~5a, 1183--1185 (1994; Zbl 0841.60081)].