Approximate zero modes for the Pauli operator on a region (Q290733)

Summary: Let \(\mathcal{P}_{\Omega,t A}\) denoted the the Pauli operator on a bounded open region \(\Omega\subset\mathbb R^2\) with Dirichlet boundary conditions and magnetic potential \(A\) scaled by some \(t>0\). Assume that the corresponding magnetic field \(B = \mathrm{curl}\, A\) satisfies \(B \in L \log L (\Omega) \cap C^\alpha (\Omega_0)\) where \(\alpha>0\) and \(\Omega_0\) is an open subset of \(\Omega\) of full measure (note that, the Orlicz space \(L\log L(\Omega)\) contains \(L^p(\Omega)\) for any \(p>1\)). Let \(\mathsf{N}_{\Omega,t A}(\lambda)\) denote the corresponding eigenvalue counting function. We establish the strong field asymptotic formula \[ \mathsf{N}_{\Omega,tA}(\lambda(t))=\frac{t}{2\pi}\int_{\Omega} | B(x) |\, dx\;+o(t) \] as \(t \to +\infty\), whenever \(\lambda (t) = Ce^{-ct^\sigma}\) for some \(\sigma \in (0,1)\) and \(c\), \(C>0\). The corresponding eigenfunctions can be viewed as a localised version of the Aharonov-Casher zero modes for the Pauli operator on \(\mathbb R^2\).