Spectral properties of grain boundaries at small angles of rotation

DOI10.4171/JST/9MaRDI QIDQ2275591zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Publication date 9 August 2011

Published in Journal of Spectral Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1009.4039

eigenvalues Schrödinger operators spectral gaps

Schrödinger operator, Schrödinger equation (35J10) Asymptotic distributions of eigenvalues in context of PDEs (35P20) Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10)

Abstract: We study some spectral properties of a simple two-dimensional model for small angle defects in crystals and alloys. Starting from a periodic potential

V c o l o n R^{2} o R

, we let

V_{h} e t a (x, y) = V (x, y)

in the right half-plane

x g e 0

and

V_{h} e t a = V c i r c M_{- h e t a}

in the left half-plane

x < 0

, where

M_{h} e t a i n R^{2 i m e s 2}

is the usual matrix describing rotation of the coordinates in

R^{2}

by an angle

h e t a

. As a main result, it is shown that spectral gaps of the periodic Schr"odinger operator

H_{0} = - D e l t a + V

fill with spectrum of

R_{h} e t a = - D e l t a + V_{h} e t a

as

0 e h e t a o 0

. Moreover, we obtain upper and lower bounds for a quantity pertaining to an integrated density of states measure for the surface states.

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Summary: We study some spectral properties of a simple two-dimensional model for small angle defects in crystals and alloys. Starting from a periodic potential \(V:\mathbb R^2\to \mathbb R\), we let \(V_\vartheta(x,y)= V(x,y)\) in the right half-plane \(\{x\geq 0\}\) and \(V_\vartheta= V\circ M_{-\vartheta}\) in the left half-plane \(\{x<0\}\), where \(M_\vartheta\in \mathbb R^{2 \times 2}\) is the usual matrix describing rotation of the coordinates in \(\mathbb R^2\) by an angle \(\vartheta\). As a main result, it is shown that spectral gaps of the periodic Schrödinger operator \(H_0=-\Delta+V\) fill with spectrum of \(R_\vartheta=-\Delta+ V_\vartheta\) as \(0\neq \vartheta\to 0\). Moreover, we obtain upper and lower bounds for a quantity pertaining to an integrated density of states measure for the surface states.

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