On fractal structure of the spectrum for periodic point perturbations of the Schrödinger operator with a uniform magnetic field (Q4524203)

The authors consider the Schrödinger operator \(H=H^0+V\), where \(V\) is a periodic potential and \(H^0\) is the Schrödinger operator in \(L^2({\mathbb{R}}^\nu)\) (\(\nu=2\) or \(3\)) with a constant and uniform magnetic field \({\mathbf B}\), i.e. \((i\nabla+{\mathbf A})^2\) where \({\mathbf A}\) is a vector potential of the field \({\mathbf B}\). If the magnetic field \({\mathbf B}\) is rational (this means that all numbers \({\mathbf B}({\mathbf a}_i\times {\mathbf a}_j)/2\pi\) are rational). It is known that \(H^0\) has a band spectrum. The authors prove that for some periodic point perturbations \(V\) the spectrum of \(H\) contains a Cantor set lying on the semiaxis \((-\infty,a)\), where \(a\) is the ground energy of \(H^0\). It is also shown that these operators are local in the form sense. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0911.00055].