Lifshitz tails and localization in the three-dimensional Anderson model (Q999256)

The Anserson operator \(H^{\lambda}_\omega\) on the lattice \(\mathbb{Z}^3\) acts on the vector \(\psi\in l^2(\mathbb{Z}^3)\) as \[ (H^{\lambda}_\omega\psi)(n):=-{1\over 2}(\Delta\psi)(n)+\lambda V_\omega(n)\psi(n), \] where \((\Delta\psi)(n)=\sum_{e\in \mathbb{Z}^3, |e|=1}\psi(n+e)-6\psi(n)\) is the discrete Laplace operator. In the paper the three-dimensional Anderson model with a zero mean and bounded independent identically distributed random potential is considered. Let \(\lambda\) be the coupling constant measuring the strength of the disorder, and let \(\sigma(E)\) be the self-energy of the model at energy \(E\). For any \(\epsilon>0\) and sufficiently small \(\lambda\) the author derives almost-sure localization in the band \(E\leq -\sigma(0)-\lambda^{4-\epsilon}\). In this energy region, it is shown that the typical correlation length \(\xi_E\) behaves as \(O((|E|-\sigma(E))^{-1/2})\).