Density of States Extracted from Modified Recursion Relations

TL;DR

This paper derives closed-form expressions for the density of states in symmetric Hamiltonian matrices using modified recursion relations, analyzing the impact of perturbations on spectral properties.

Contribution

It introduces a novel analytical approach to compute the DOS after perturbations using modified recursion relations and orthogonal polynomials.

Findings

Closed-form expressions for DOS under perturbations

Analytical and numerical analysis of projected and average DOS

Impact of perturbations on spectral properties

Abstract

We evaluate the density of states (DOS) associated with tridiagonal symmetric Hamiltonian matrices and study the effect of perturbation on one of its entries. Analysis is carried out by studying the resulting three-term recursion relation and the corresponding orthogonal polynomials of the first and second kind. We found closed form expressions for the new DOS in terms of the original one when perturbation affects a single diagonal or off-diagonal site or a combination of both. The projected DOS is also calculated numerically and its relation to the average DOS is explored both analytically and numerically.