High-contrast random composites: homogenisation framework and new spectral phenomena

Abstract

We develop a framework for multiscale analysis of elliptic operators with high-contrast random coefficients. For a general class of such operators, we provide a detailed spectral analysis of the corresponding homogenised limit operator. Under some lenient assumptions on the configuration of the random inclusions, we fully characterise the limit of the spectra of the high-contrast operators in question, which unlike in the periodic setting is shown to be different to the spectrum of the homogenised operator. Introducing a new notion of the relevant limiting spectrum, we describe the connection between these two sets.

77 pages, no figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1203.1140 by other authors

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