Eigenvalue estimates for a three-dimensional magnetic Schrödinger operator

Abstract

We consider a magnetic Schrödinger operator $H^h=(-ih\nabla -\vec{A}{)}^2$ with the Dirichlet boundary conditions in an open set $\Omega \subset {\mathbb{R}}^3$, where $h>0$ is a small parameter. We suppose that the minimal value $b_0$ of the module $|\vec{B}|$ of the vector magnetic field $\vec{B}$ is strictly positive, and there exists a unique minimum point of $|\vec{B}|$, which is non-degenerate. The main result of the paper is upper estimates for the low-lying eigenvalues of the operator $H^h$ in the semiclassical limit. We also prove the existence of an arbitrary large number of spectral gaps in the semiclassical limit in the corresponding periodic setting.

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