Extended States for Polyharmonic Operators with Quasi-periodic Potentials in Dimension Two

Abstract

We consider a polyharmonic operator $H=(-Δ)^l+V(\x)$ in dimension two with $l\ge 2$, $l$ being an integer, and a quasi-periodic potential $V(\x)$. We prove that the spectrum of $H$ contains a semiaxis and there is a family of generalized eigenfunctions at every point of this semiaxis with the following properties. First, the eigenfunctions are close to plane waves $e^{i< \k,\x>}$ at the high energy region. Second, the isoenergetic curves in the space of momenta $\k$ corresponding to these eigenfunctions have a form of slightly distorted circles with holes (Cantor type structure). A new method of multiscale analysis in the momentum space is developed to prove these results.

This is an announcement only. Text with the detailed proof is under preparation. 11 pages, 4 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:math-ph/0601008, arXiv:0711.4404, arXiv:1008.4632

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