Delocalization conjecture for the two-dimensional discrete random Schrödinger operator

Let HωH_\omega be the two-dimensional discrete random Schrödinger operator

Hω=+iZ2ωi,δiδiH_\omega=-\bigtriangleup+\sum_{i\in\mathbb{Z}^2}\omega_i\langle\cdot,\delta_i\rangle\delta_i

on l2(Z2)l^2(\mathbb{Z}^2), where the independent random variables ωi\omega_i are uniformly distributed in [c,c][-c,c]. Delocalization conjecture. For disorder c0.7c\lesssim 0.7, HωH_\omega does not exhibit Anderson localization with positive probability; equivalently, it has nonzero absolutely continuous spectrum with positive probability. In particular, dynamical localization does not occur with positive probability for small disorder. The conjecture challenges the belief that arbitrary disorder produces localization in two dimensions; the paper supports it through a numerical approach, while no analytic proof or resolution is provided here.

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Constanze Liaw, “A new numerical approach to Anderson (de)localization”, arXiv:1207.2843 (2012).

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