Multi-Scale Jacobi Method for Anderson Localization

Abstract

A new KAM-style proof of Anderson localization is obtained. A sequence of local rotations is defined, such that off-diagonal matrix elements of the Hamiltonian are driven rapidly to zero. This leads to the first proof via multi-scale analysis of exponential decay of the eigenfunction correlator (this implies strong dynamical localization). The method has been used in recent work on many-body localization [arXiv:1403.7837].

34 pages, 8 figures, clarifications and corrections for published version; more detail in Section 4.5

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