Tunneling between magnetic wells in two dimensions
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| author | Fournais, Søren Bonthonneau, Yannick Guedes Morin, Léo Raymond, Nicolas |
| author_facet | Fournais, Søren Bonthonneau, Yannick Guedes Morin, Léo Raymond, Nicolas |
| contents | The two-dimensional magnetic Laplacian is considered. We calculate the leading term of the splitting between the first two eigenvalues of the operator in the semiclassical limit under the assumption that the magnetic field does not vanish and has two symmetric magnetic wells with respect to the coordinate axes. This is the first result of quantum tunneling between purely magnetic wells under generic assumptions. The proof, which strongly relies on microlocal analysis, reveals a purely magnetic Agmon distance between the wells. Surprisingly, it is discovered that the exponential decay of the eigenfunctions away from the magnetic wells is not crucial to derive the tunneling formula. The key is a microlocal exponential decay inside the characteristic manifold, with respect to the variable quantizing the classical center guide motion. |
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| spellingShingle | Tunneling between magnetic wells in two dimensions Fournais, Søren Bonthonneau, Yannick Guedes Morin, Léo Raymond, Nicolas Mathematical Physics Spectral Theory 81U26, 35P15, 81Q20, 35Q40 The two-dimensional magnetic Laplacian is considered. We calculate the leading term of the splitting between the first two eigenvalues of the operator in the semiclassical limit under the assumption that the magnetic field does not vanish and has two symmetric magnetic wells with respect to the coordinate axes. This is the first result of quantum tunneling between purely magnetic wells under generic assumptions. The proof, which strongly relies on microlocal analysis, reveals a purely magnetic Agmon distance between the wells. Surprisingly, it is discovered that the exponential decay of the eigenfunctions away from the magnetic wells is not crucial to derive the tunneling formula. The key is a microlocal exponential decay inside the characteristic manifold, with respect to the variable quantizing the classical center guide motion. |
| title | Tunneling between magnetic wells in two dimensions |
| topic | Mathematical Physics Spectral Theory 81U26, 35P15, 81Q20, 35Q40 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.17290 |