The landscape of Anderson localization in a disordered medium

DOI10.1090/CONM/601/11916zbMATH Open1321.35115arXiv1107.0397OpenAlexW4244746493MaRDI QIDQ2949963FDOQ2949963

Authors: Svitlana Mayboroda, M. Filoche 

Publication date: 5 October 2015

Published in: Fractal Geometry and Dynamical Systems in Pure and Applied Mathematics II (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Wave localization occurs in all types of vibrating systems, in acoustics, mechanics, optics, or quantum physics. It arises either in systems of irregular geometry (weak localization) or in disordered systems (Anderson localization). We present here a general theory that explains how the system geometry and the wave operator interplay to give rise to a "landscape" that splits the system into weakly coupled subregions, and how these regions shape the spatial distribution of the vibrational eigenmodes. This theory holds in any dimension, for any domain shape, and for all operators deriving from an energy form. It encompasses both weak and Anderson localizations in the same mathematical frame and shows, in particular, that Anderson localization can be understood as a special case of weak localization in a very rough landscape.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1107.0397

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zbMATH Keywords

Dirichlet problemAnderson localizationdisordered medium

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General topics in linear spectral theory for PDEs (35P05) Second-order elliptic equations (35J15) Eigenvalue problems for linear operators (47A75) Applications of quantum theory to specific physical systems (81V99)

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