On the ground state of the Laplacian in presence of a magnetic field created by a rectilinear current

We consider the three-dimensional Laplacian with a magnetic field created by an infinite rectilinear current bearing a constant current. The spectrum of the associated hamiltonian is the positive half-axis as the range of an infinity of band functions all decreasing toward 0. We make a precise asymptotics of the band function near the ground energy and we exhibit a semi-classical behavior. We perturb the hamiltonian by an electric potential. Helped by the analysis of the band functions, we show that for slow decaying potential, an infinite number of negative eigenvalues are created whereas only finite number of eigenvalues appears for fast decaying potential. Our results show different borderline type conditions that in the case where there is no magnetic field.

Dirichlet and Neumann Eigenvalues for Half-Plane Magnetic Hamiltonians

Let $H_{0, D}$ (resp., $H_{0,N}$) be the Schroedinger operator in constant magnetic field on the half-plane with Dirichlet (resp., Neumann) boundary conditions, and let $H_ell : = H_{0, ell} - V$, $ell =D,N$, where the scalar potential $V$ is non negative, bounded, does not vanish identically, and decays at infinity. We compare the distribution of the eigenvalues of $H_D$ and $H_N$ below the respective infima of the essential spectra. To this end, we construct effective Hamiltonians which govern the asymptotic behaviour of the discrete spectrum of $H_ell$ near $inf sigma_{ess}(H_ell) = inf sigma(H_{0,ell})$, $ell = D,N$. Applying these Hamiltonians, we show that $sigma_{disc}(H_D)$ is infinite even if $V$ has a compact support, while $sigma_{disc}(H_N)$ could be finite or infinite depending on the decay rate of $V$.