Persistence of Anderson localization in Schrödinger operators with decaying random potentials (Q942011)

The persistence of both Anderson and dynamical localization in Schrödinger operators with non-positive random decaying potential is shown. It is considered an Anderson-type Schrödinger operator with a non-positive ergodic random potential, and the random potential is multiplied by a decaying envelope function. The main result of the paper says that, if the envelope function decays slower than \(| x| ^{-2}\) at infinity, then the operator has infinitely many eigenvalues below zero. For envelopes decaying as \(| x| ^{-\alpha}\) at infinity, it is determined the number of bound states below a given energy \(E < 0\), asymptotically as \(\alpha\to 0\). To show that bound states located at the bottom of the spectrum are related to the phenomenon of Anderson localization in the corresponding ergodic model, it is established that these states are exponentially localized with a localization length that is uniform in the decay exponent \(\alpha\), and dynamical localization holds uniformly in \(\alpha\). Note that the main result is supported by lots of comparisons with existing results.