Wegner estimate and Anderson localization for random magnetic fields (Q661325)

The authors provide a new method to prove a Wegner estimate that applies to a certain class of spatially stationary random magnetic fields and to any energy in the spectrum. Note that the Wegner estimate is one of the important estimates in the mathematical proof of the Anderson localization since it provides an a priori bound for the resolvent with a very high probability. This, roughly speaking, is formulated for the finite volume truncation \(H_L\) of \(H\) onto a box \(L = [-L/2,L/2]^2\) with some boundary conditions. The Wegner estimate states that the expected number of eigenvalues of \(H_L\) within a small spectral interval \(I\) is bounded from above by \(C(L)|I|\), where \(|I|<<1\) denotes the length of the interval. As \(|I|\to 0\), this provides an upper bound on the averaged density of states and Lipschitz continuity of the averaged integrated density of states. Ideally, the constant \(C(L)\) should be proportional with the volume of the box, but for the purpose of Anderson localization \(C(L)\) often may even grow subexponentially with the volume. The estimate obtained in the paper gives the optimal (first) power of \(|I|\), but not the optimal volume dependence: \(C(L)\) is a high (but universal) power of \(L\). As an application of the Wegner estimate, Anderson localization for the model at the bottom of the spectrum is proved.