M. A. Hoefer

  1. Defect Modes and Homogenization of Periodic Schr\"odinger Operators.

    Authors: M. A. Hoefer, M. I. Weinstein
    Subjects: Mathematical Physics
    Abstract

    We consider the discrete eigenvalues of the operator
    $H_\eps=-\Delta+V(\x)+\eps^2Q(\eps\x)$, where $V(\x)$ is periodic and $Q(\y)$
    is localized on $\R^d,\ \ d\ge1$. For $\eps>0$ and sufficiently small, discrete
    eigenvalues may bifurcate from spectral band edges of the periodic
    Schr\"odinger operator, $H_0 = -\Delta_\x+V(\x)$, into spectral gaps. The
    nature of the bifurcation depends on the homogenized Schr\"odinger operator
    $L_{A,Q}=-\nabla_\y\cdot A \nabla_\y +\ Q(\y)$.

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