The density of states of 1D random band matrices via a supersymmetric transfer operator
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Journal of Spectral Theory
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1664-039X
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Recently, T. and M. Shcherbina proved a pointwise semicircle law for the density of states of one-dimensional
Gaussian band matrices of large bandwidth. The main step of their proof is a new method to study the spectral
properties of non-self-adjoint operators in the semiclassical regime. The method is applied to a transfer operator
constructed from the supersymmetric integral representation for the density of states.
We present a simpler proof of a slightly upgraded version of the semicircle law, which requires only standard
semiclassical arguments and some peculiar elementary computations. The simplification is due to the use of supersymmetry, which manifests itself in the commutation between the transfer operator and a family of transformations
of superspace, and was applied earlier in the context of band matrices by Constantinescu. Other versions of this
supersymmetry have been a crucial ingredient in the study of the localization–delocalization transition by theoretical
physicists.
Authors
Disertori, M; Lohmann, M; SODIN, ACollections
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