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Magnetic Schrödinger operators and effective Hamiltonians

  • Johannes Sjöstrand
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Part of the Mathematical Physics Studies book series (MPST, volume 12)

Abstract

In this survey we discuss some recent progress in the semiclassical analysis for magnetic Schrödinger operators with periodic electric potentials and a constant magnetic field. Most of the material is based on joint works with B. Helffer and this part has been covered by the lecture notes [S1]. Some more recent work with C. Gérard and A. Martinez [GMS] is here surveyed for the first time.

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Pseudodifferential Operator Selfadjoint Operator Constant Magnetic Field Wannier Function Complex Neighborhood 
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  • Johannes Sjöstrand
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  1. 1.Dépt. de MathématiquesUniversité de Paris SudOrsayFrance
  2. 2.URA 760CNRSFrance

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