Quantum Lorentz Gas: Effective Equations and Spectral Analysis

Abstract

We consider the quantum Lorentz gas (QLG) in the plane. We show that the spectral properties of the quantum Lorentz gas can be obtained from the study of a homogeneous system of one-dimensional integral equations. The qualitative spectral analysis is performed, and the spectrum is shown to have a band structure. The wave functions in the complete configuration space can be constructed in terms of the solutions of the obtained effective equations. We apply the obtained result to a simpler Lorentz gas model including additional symmetry