Dynamical localization for unitary anderson models

Mathematical Physics Analysis and Geometry

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 381-444

  Hamza, Eman ^a   Joye, Alain ^b   Stolz, Günter ^c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b INSTITUT FOURIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Anderson model; Fractional moment method; Localization; Unitary operators

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954024296     PISSN: 13850172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11040-009-9068-9     Document Type: Article

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