Invariant current approach to wave propagation in locally symmetric structures

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/49/19/195304zbMATH Open1382.35015arXiv1507.05336OpenAlexW2963139975MaRDI QIDQ2991899FDOQ2991899

Authors: V. E. Zampetakis, M. K. Diakonou, C. V. Morfonios, P. A. Kalozoumis, F. K. Diakonos, P. Schmelcher 

Publication date: 10 August 2016

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A theory for wave mechanical systems with local inversion and translation symmetries is developed employing the two-dimensional solution space of the stationary Schr"odinger equation. The local symmetries of the potential are encoded into corresponding local basis vectors in terms of symmetry-induced two-point invariant currents which map the basis amplitudes between symmetry-related points. A universal wavefunction structure in locally symmetric potentials is revealed, independently of the physical boundary conditions, by using special local bases which are adapted to the existing local symmetries. The local symmetry bases enable efficient computation of spatially resolved wave amplitudes in systems with arbitrary combinations of local inversion and translation symmetries. The approach opens the perspective of a flexible analysis and control of wave localization in structurally complex systems.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1507.05336

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zbMATH Keywords

wave propagationlocal symmetriesinvariant currents

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Laplace operator, Helmholtz equation (reduced wave equation), Poisson equation (35J05) Geometric theory, characteristics, transformations in context of PDEs (35A30) Biharmonic and polyharmonic equations and functions in higher dimensions (31B30)

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• Nonlocal discrete continuity and invariant currents in locally symmetric effective Schrödinger arrays
• Invariant currents and scattering off locally symmetric potential landscapes
• Super-Lagrangian and variational principle for generalized continuity equations

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