Continuous integral kernels for unbounded Schrödinger semigroups and their spectral projections

DOI10.1016/J.JFA.2004.01.009MaRDI QIDQ1883233zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Kurt Broderix, Hajo Leschke, Peter Müller

Publication date 1 October 2004

Published in Journal of Functional Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0209020

zbMATH Keywords

Feynman-Kac formula integral kernels Schrödinger semigroup unbounded semigroups of linear operators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Schrödinger and Feynman-Kac semigroups (47D08)

Abstract: By suitably extending a Feynman-Kac formula of Simon [Canadian Math. Soc. Conf. Proc, 28 (2000), 317-321], we study one-parameter semigroups generated by (the negative of) rather general Schroedinger operators, which may be unbounded from below and include a magnetic vector potential. In particular, a common domain of essential self-adjointness for such a semigroup is specified. Moreover, each member of the semigroup is proven to be a maximal Carleman operator with a continuous integral kernel given by a Brownian-bridge expectation. The results are used to show that the spectral projections of the generating Schroedinger operator also act as Carleman operators with continuous integral kernels. Applications to Schroedinger operators with rather general random scalar potentials include a rigorous justification of an integral-kernel representation of their integrated density of states - a relation frequently used in the physics literature on disordered solids.

Review text

By extending a Feynman-Kac formula in [\textit{B. Simon}, Canad. Math. Soc. Conf. Proc. 28, 317--321 (2000; Zbl 0967.81018)], the authors study a class of unbounded Schrödinger semigroups, in which Schrödinger operators with suitable potentials and magnetic fields may be unbounded from below. In particular, the domains and integral kernels of such Schrödinger semigroups are discussed in detail, and applications to random Schrödinger operators are also given.

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