Perturbations of the Landau Hamiltonian: Asymptotics of eigenvalue clusters

Abstract

We consider the asymptotic behavior of the spectrum of the Landau Hamiltonian plus a rapidly decaying potential, as the magnetic field strength, $B$, tends to infinity. After a suitable rescaling, this becomes a semiclassical problem where the role of Planck's constant is played by $1/B$. The spectrum of the operator forms eigenvalue clusters. We obtain a Szegő limit theorem for the eigenvalues in the clusters as a suitable cluster index and $B$ tend to infinity with a fixed ratio $\calE$. The answer involves the averages of the potential over circles of radius $\sqrt{\calE/2}$ (circular Radon transform). We also discuss related inverse spectral results.

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