Scale-free unique continuation estimates and applications to random Schrödinger operators

Random linear operators (47B80) Random operators and equations (aspects of stochastic analysis) (60H25) Disordered systems (random Ising models, random Schrödinger operators, etc.) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B44)

Abstract: We prove a unique continuation principle or uncertainty relation valid for Schr"odinger operator eigenfunctions, or more generally solutions of a Schr"odinger inequality, on cubes of side

L i n 2 N N + 1

. It establishes an equi-distribution property of the eigenfunction over the box: the total

L^{2}

-mass in the box of side

L

is estimated from above by a constant times the sum of the

L^{2}

-masses on small balls of a fixed radius

d e l t a > 0

evenly distributed throughout the box. The dependence of the constant on the various parameters entering the problem is given explicitly. Most importantly, there is no

L

-dependence. This result has important consequences for the perturbation theory of eigenvalues of Schr"odinger operators, in particular random ones. For so-called Delone-Anderson models we deduce Wegner estimates, a lower bound for the shift of the spectral minimum, and an uncertainty relation for spectral projectors.

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Let \(V_0: \mathbb{R}^d\to \mathbb{R}\) be a bounded, measurable potential, \(H_0=-\Delta+ V_0\) a Schrödinger operator, \(H_{0,L}\) its restriction to \(\Lambda_L:= [-L/2,L/2]^d\), \(L\in 2\mathbb N+1\), with Dirichlet or periodic boundary conditions, and \(\psi\) an eigenfunction such that \(H_{0, L}\psi= E\psi\) for real \(E\). Let \(K_V=\| V_0-E\|_\infty\). The authors prove the following. Theorem. Fix \(K_V\in[0,\infty)\), \(\delta\in(0, 1]\). Then there exists a constant \(C_{sfUC}= C_{sfUC}(d, K_V,\delta)> 0\) such that for any \(L\in 2\mathbb N+1\), any sequence \(Z:= \{z_k: k\in \mathbb{Z}^d\}\) in \(\mathbb{R}^d\) such that \(B(z_k, \delta)\subset \Lambda_1(k)\) for all \(k\in\mathbb{Z}^d\), any measurable \(V:= V_0- E: \Delta_L\to [-K_V,K_V]\) and any real-valued \(\psi\in{\mathcal D} (\Delta_{\Lambda,0})\cup{\mathcal D}(\Delta_{\Delta,per})\) satisfying \(|\Delta\psi|\leq |V\psi|\) a.e. on \(\Lambda_L\), we have \[ \sum_{k\in QL}\|\psi\|^2_{B(z_k,\delta)}\geq C_{sfUC}\| \psi\|^2_{\Lambda L}, \] where \(Q_L= \Lambda_L\cap \mathbb{Z}^d\). Here, \(\Lambda_1(k)\) demotes the unit box in \(\mathbb{R}^d\) with center \(k\in\mathbb{Z}^d\) and \({\mathcal D}(\Delta_{\Lambda,0})\) denotes the domain of the Laplacian with Dirichlet boundary condition on \(\Lambda_L\). This result has important consequences for the perturbation theory of eigenvalues of Schrödinger operators, in particular random ones. For the so-called Delone-Anderson model, the authors deduce Wegner estimates.

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