Edge localization and Lifshitz tails for graphs with Ahlfors regular volume growth

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Main Authors: Shou, Laura, Wang, Wei, Zhang, Shiwen
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author Shou, Laura
Wang, Wei
Zhang, Shiwen
author_facet Shou, Laura
Wang, Wei
Zhang, Shiwen
contents In this work, we study the Anderson model on graphs with Ahlfors $α$-regular volume growth. We show that, under mild regularity assumptions of the random distribution, Lifshitz-tail type estimates near the bottom of the spectrum lead to exponential decay of fractional moments of the Green's function and thus spectral and dynamical localization at low energies. This generalizes the result of [4] from the lattice $\mathbb{Z}^d$ to Ahlfors $α$-regular graphs. In addition, we establish Lifshitz tail estimates for the integrated density of states, with the Lifshitz exponent determined by the ratio of the volume growth rate and the random walk dimension of the underlying graphs, under certain assumptions on low lying eigenvalues of the Dirichlet and Neumann Laplacian on the graph. As an application, we verify all conditions on the Sierpinski gasket graph and obtain that, under mild regularity assumptions of the random distribution, for any fixed disorder, the Anderson model on the Sierpinski gasket graph has pure point spectrum and exhibits strong dynamical localization near the bottom of the spectrum.
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spellingShingle Edge localization and Lifshitz tails for graphs with Ahlfors regular volume growth
Shou, Laura
Wang, Wei
Zhang, Shiwen
Mathematical Physics
Spectral Theory
In this work, we study the Anderson model on graphs with Ahlfors $α$-regular volume growth. We show that, under mild regularity assumptions of the random distribution, Lifshitz-tail type estimates near the bottom of the spectrum lead to exponential decay of fractional moments of the Green's function and thus spectral and dynamical localization at low energies. This generalizes the result of [4] from the lattice $\mathbb{Z}^d$ to Ahlfors $α$-regular graphs. In addition, we establish Lifshitz tail estimates for the integrated density of states, with the Lifshitz exponent determined by the ratio of the volume growth rate and the random walk dimension of the underlying graphs, under certain assumptions on low lying eigenvalues of the Dirichlet and Neumann Laplacian on the graph. As an application, we verify all conditions on the Sierpinski gasket graph and obtain that, under mild regularity assumptions of the random distribution, for any fixed disorder, the Anderson model on the Sierpinski gasket graph has pure point spectrum and exhibits strong dynamical localization near the bottom of the spectrum.
title Edge localization and Lifshitz tails for graphs with Ahlfors regular volume growth
topic Mathematical Physics
Spectral Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.01584