04-407 Rupert L. Frank

On the Laplacian in the halfspace with a periodic boundary condition (274K, Postscript) Dec 9, 04

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Abstract. We study spectral and scattering properties of the Laplacian $H^{(\sigma)} = -\Delta$ in $L_2(\R^{d+1}_+)$ corresponding to the boundary condition $\frac{\partial u}{\partial\nu} + \sigma u = 0$ with a periodic function $\sigma$. For non-negative $\sigma$ we prove that $H^{(\sigma)}$ is unitarily equivalent to the Neumann Laplacian $H^{(0)}$. In general, there appear additional channels of scattering due to surface states. We prove absolute continuity of the spectrum of $H^{(\sigma)}$ under mild assumptions on $\sigma$.

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