Asymptotic of the density of states for the Schrödinger operator with periodic electromagnetic potential (Q4351632)

The author considers the Schrödinger operator on \(L^2(\mathbb{R}^n)\) \((n\geq 2)\) \[ P_{V,A}= \sum^n_{j=1} (D_{x_j}- A_j(x))^2+ V(x), \] where \(V\) and \(A_j\) \((j=1,\dots,n)\) are \(C^\infty\) potentials periodic with respect to a lattice \(\Gamma\) on \(\mathbb{R}^n\). In continuation of the paper by \textit{B. Helffer} and \textit{A. Mohamed} [``Asymptotic of the density of states for the Schrödinger operator with periodic potential'', to appear in Duke Math. Journal] who treat the case when \(A=0\), the author gives an asymptotic formula, when \(\mu\to+\infty\), of the integrated density of states of the form \[ N(\mu)= a_n\mu^{{n\over 2}}+{\mathcal O}_\varepsilon\Biggl(\mu^{{(n-2+\varepsilon)\over 2}}\Biggr),\quad\forall\varepsilon> 0. \] As a corollary, this estimate gives the proof of the finiteness of gaps in the spectrum (usually called the Bethe-Sommerfeld conjecture) in the case when \(n=2\).