Delocalization and diffusion profile for random band matrices

Abstract: We consider Hermitian and symmetric random band matrices

H = (h_{x y})

in

d g e q 1

dimensions. The matrix entries

h_{x y}

, indexed by

, are independent, centred random variables with variances

s_{x y} = E | h_{x y} |^{2}

. We assume that

s_{x y}

is negligible if

| x - y |

exceeds the band width

W

. In one dimension we prove that the eigenvectors of

H

are delocalized if

W g g L^{4 / 5}

. We also show that the magnitude of the matrix entries

a b s {G_{x y}}^{2}

of the resolvent

G = G (z) = (H - z)^{- 1}

is self-averaging and we compute

E a b s {G_{x y}}^{2}

. We show that, as

L o i n f t y

and

W g g L^{4 / 5}

, the behaviour of

E | G_{x y} |^{2}

is governed by a diffusion operator whose diffusion constant we compute. Similar results are obtained in higher dimensions.

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