The preservation of threshold resonances and the splitting off of eigenvalues from the threshold of the continuous spectrum of quantum waveguides

S. A. Nazarov

Sbornik. Mathematics, Tome 212 (2021) no. 7, pp. 965-1000

Résumé

Threshold resonance arises on the lower bound of the continuous spectrum of a quantum waveguide (the Dirichlet problem for the Laplace operator), provided that for this value of the spectral parameter a nontrivial bounded solution exists which is either a trapped wave decaying at infinity or an almost standing wave stabilizing at infinity. In many problems in asymptotic analysis, it is important to be able to distinguish which of the waves initiates the threshold resonance; in this work we discuss several ways to clarify its properties. In addition, we demonstrate how the threshold resonance can be preserved by fine tuning the profile of the waveguide wall, and we obtain asymptotic expressions for the near-threshold eigenvalues appearing in the discrete or continuous spectrum when the threshold resonance is destroyed. Bibliography: 60 titles.

Détail

Keywords: quantum waveguide, threshold resonance, trapped wave, almost standing wave, boundary perturbation, asymptotics, eigenvalue.

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