Edge states for tight-binding operators with soft walls

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Main Authors: Araya, Camilo Gómez, Gontier, David, Bosch, Hanne Van Den
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author Araya, Camilo Gómez
Gontier, David
Bosch, Hanne Van Den
author_facet Araya, Camilo Gómez
Gontier, David
Bosch, Hanne Van Den
contents We study one- and two-dimensional periodic tight-binding models under the presence of a potential that grows to infinity in one direction, hence preventing the particles to escape in this direction (the soft wall). We prove that a spectral flow appears in these corresponding edge models, as the wall is shifted. We identity this flow as a number of Bloch bands, and provide a lower bound for the number of edge states appearing in such models.
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spellingShingle Edge states for tight-binding operators with soft walls
Araya, Camilo Gómez
Gontier, David
Bosch, Hanne Van Den
Mathematical Physics
Materials Science
Spectral Theory
81Q10, 58J30, 47A13, 35J10
We study one- and two-dimensional periodic tight-binding models under the presence of a potential that grows to infinity in one direction, hence preventing the particles to escape in this direction (the soft wall). We prove that a spectral flow appears in these corresponding edge models, as the wall is shifted. We identity this flow as a number of Bloch bands, and provide a lower bound for the number of edge states appearing in such models.
title Edge states for tight-binding operators with soft walls
topic Mathematical Physics
Materials Science
Spectral Theory
81Q10, 58J30, 47A13, 35J10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.02462