On the spectrum of the Landau Hamiltonian perturbed by a periodic electric potential $V\in H^s_{\mathrm {loc}}({\mathbb R}^2;{\mathbb R})$, $s > 0$

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates that for a dense set of periodic electric potentials, the spectrum of the Landau Hamiltonian with a magnetic field remains absolutely continuous, extending understanding of spectral stability under perturbations.

Contribution

It establishes the existence of a dense G_delta set of potentials ensuring absolute continuity of the spectrum for the Landau Hamiltonian with rational flux magnetic fields.

Findings

Spectrum remains absolutely continuous for a dense set of potentials.

Results hold for all homogeneous magnetic fields with rational flux.

Perturbations in a Sobolev space preserve spectral type.

Abstract

We prove that in a Sobolev space $H^s_{\Lambda }({\mathbb R}^2;{\mathbb R})$, $s > 0$, of periodic functions with a given period lattice $\Lambda $, there exists a dense $G_{\delta }$-set ${\mathcal O}$ such that the spectrum of the Landau Hamiltonian $H_B + V$ perturbed by any periodic electric potential $V\in {\mathcal O}$ is absolutely continuous for all homogeneous magnetic fields with a rational flux.