Schrödinger operator with a nonlocal potential whose absolutely continuous and point spectra coexist (Q749771)

The authors investigate a Schrödinger-like operator in which the role of the potential is played by the lattice sum of rank 1 operators \(| v_ n><v_ n|\) multiplied by \[ g \tan \pi [(\alpha,n)+w],\quad g>0,\quad \alpha \in {\mathbb{R}}^ d,\quad n\in {\mathbb{Z}}^ d,\quad w\in [0,1]. \] If \(\alpha\) satisfies the Diophantine condition and the Fourier transform support of the functions \(v(x-n)=v_ n(x)\) is small, it is shown that the spectrum of the operator consists of a dense point component coinciding with \({\mathbb{R}}\) and an absolutely continuous component. The integrated density states and zero temperature a.c. conductivity are discussed.