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Effects of a magnetic field on the trace of the heat kernel for a Schroedinger operator with a potential well

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OSTI ID:7056525
This paper looks at the effect of a uniform magnetic field on the trace of the heat kernel for a Schroedinger operator with a well-type potential. Using weighted Sobolev space techniques and noticing the gauge invariance of the perturbation, it is shown that the magnetic field first appears at a higher term in the small-time asymptotic expansion of the trace of the heat kernel than might be naively expected.
Research Organization:
California Inst. of Tech., Pasadena (USA)
OSTI ID:
7056525
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English