@article{21933, abstract = {We consider the liquid drop model with a positive background density in the thermodynamic limit. We prove a two-term asymptotics for the ground state energy per unit volume in the dilute limit. Our proof justifies the expectation that optimal configurations consist of droplets of unit size that arrange themselves according to minimizers for the Jellium problem for point particles. In particular, we provide the first rigorous derivation of what is known as the gnocchi phase in astrophysics.}, author = {Frank, Rupert L. and Lewin, Mathieu and Seiringer, Robert}, issn = {1097-0312}, journal = {Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics}, publisher = {Wiley}, title = {{Liquid drop model for nuclear matter in the low density limit}}, doi = {10.1002/cpa.70039}, year = {2026}, } @article{22290, abstract = {We introduce a multi-band BCS free energy functional and prove that for a multi-band superconductor the effect of inter-band coupling can only increase the critical temperature, irrespective of its attractive or repulsive nature and its strength. Further, for weak coupling and weaker inter-band coupling, we prove that the dependence of the increase in critical temperature on the inter-band coupling is (1) linear, if there are two or more equally strongly superconducting bands, or (2) quadratic, if there is only one dominating band.}, author = {Henheik, Sven Joscha and Langmann, Edwin and Lauritsen, Asbjørn Bækgaard}, issn = {1424-0661}, journal = {Annales Henri Poincaré}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, title = {{Multi-band superconductors have enhanced critical temperatures}}, doi = {10.1007/s00023-026-01706-y}, year = {2026}, } @article{22292, abstract = {We show that a suitable choice of boundary conditions for the Laplacian allows for the appearance of an arbitrary number of condensates, described by arbitrary harmonic functions, in the thermodynamic limit of an ideal Bose gas.}, author = {De Wilde, Michiel and Seiringer, Robert}, issn = {1089-7658}, journal = {Journal of Mathematical Physics}, number = {6}, publisher = {AIP Publishing}, title = {{Arbitrary harmonic functions as Bose–Einstein condensates}}, doi = {10.1063/5.0325354}, volume = {67}, year = {2026}, } @article{21472, abstract = {We study the ground state energy of a gas of spin 1/2 fermions with repulsive short-range interactions. We derive an upper bound that agrees, at low density e, with the Huang–Yang conjecture. The latter captures the first three terms in an asymptotic low-density expansion, and in particular the Huang–Yang correction term of order e^7/3. Our trial state is constructed using an adaptation of the bosonic Bogoliubov theory to the Fermi system, where the correlation structure of fermionic particles is incorporated by quasi-bosonic Bogoliubov transformations. In the latter, it is important to consider a modified zero-energy scattering equation that takes into account the presence of the Fermi sea, in the spirit of the Bethe–Goldstone equation.}, author = {Giacomelli, Emanuela L. and Hainzl, Christian and Nam, Phan Thành and Seiringer, Robert}, issn = {1097-0312}, journal = {Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics}, number = {8}, pages = {1919--1972}, publisher = {Wiley}, title = {{The Huang–Yang formula for the low-density Fermi gas: Upper bound}}, doi = {10.1002/cpa.70040}, volume = {79}, year = {2026}, } @article{22404, abstract = {We consider a class of two-dimensional tight binding models displaying conical intersections of the Bloch bands at the Fermi level. The setting includes the case of generic transitions between quantum Hall phases. We consider the longitudinal conductivity, as given by Kubo formula, describing the variation of the current after introducing a space-homogeneous electric field, in an adiabatic way. We obtain an explicit expression for the longitudinal conductivity, completely determined by the number of conical intersections and by the shape of the cones. In particular, the formula reproduces the known quantized values found for graphene and for the critical Haldane model. Furthermore, we discuss the validity of Kubo formula in presence of conical intersections in the spectrum, starting from the time-dependent Schrödinger equation. For electric fields which are weak and slowly varying in space and in time, we prove the validity of linear response from quantum dynamics.}, author = {Marcelli, Giovanna and Pigozzi, Lorenzo and Porta, Marcello}, issn = {1573-0530}, journal = {Letters in Mathematical Physics}, number = {4}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, title = {{Longitudinal conductivity at integer quantum Hall transitions}}, doi = {10.1007/s11005-026-02087-3}, volume = {116}, year = {2026}, } @article{22639, abstract = {We present an abstract Dyson expansion for perturbations that are merely relatively form-bounded, and apply it to the polaron problem. For a large class of polaron-type models, including the Fröhlich and Nelson models, we prove that the vacuum expectation value of the heat semi-group is a completely monotone function of the square of the total momentum. Consequently, the ground-state energy is a concave function of the square of the momentum, a result recently proved for the Fröhlich model in [14] using a probabilistic approach via Wiener integrals.}, author = {Desio, Davide and Seiringer, Robert}, issn = {1573-0530}, journal = {Letters in Mathematical Physics}, number = {4}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, title = {{Dyson expansion for form-bounded perturbations and applications to the polaron problem}}, doi = {10.1007/s11005-026-02107-2}, volume = {116}, year = {2026}, } @article{21270, abstract = {The one-dimensional Fröhlich model describing the motion of a single electron interacting with optical phonons is a paradigmatic model of quantum many-body physics. We predict the existence of an arbitrarily large number of bound excited states in the strong-coupling limit and calculate their excitation energies. Numerical simulations of a discretized model demonstrate the complete amelioration of the projector Monte Carlo sign problem by walker annihilation in an infinite Hilbert space. They reveal the threshold for the occurrence of the first bound excited states at a value of 𝛼≈1.73 for the dimensionless coupling constant. This puts the threshold into the regime of intermediate interaction strength. We find a significant spectral weight and increased phonon number of the bound excited state at threshold.}, author = {Taylor, J. and Čufar, M. and Mitrouskas, David Johannes and Seiringer, Robert and Pahl, E. and Brand, J.}, issn = {2469-9969}, journal = {Physical Review B}, number = {18}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, title = {{Bound excited states of Fröhlich polarons in one dimension}}, doi = {10.1103/s9p9-jflq}, volume = {112}, year = {2025}, } @article{19372, abstract = {We consider the confined Fröhlich polaron and establish an asymptotic series for the low-energy eigenvalues in negative powers of the coupling constant. The coefficients of the series are derived through a two-fold perturbation approach, involving expansions around the electron Pekar minimizer and the excitations of the quantum field.}, author = {Brooks, Morris and Mitrouskas, David Johannes}, issn = {2690-1005}, journal = {Probability and Mathematical Physics}, number = {1}, pages = {281--325}, publisher = {Mathematical Sciences Publishers}, title = {{ Asymptotic series for low-energy excitations of the Fröhlich polaron at strong coupling}}, doi = {10.2140/pmp.2025.6.281}, volume = {6}, year = {2025}, } @article{19403, abstract = {We study the BCS critical temperature on half-spaces in dimensions d =1, 2, 3 with Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions. We prove that the critical temperature on a half-space is strictly higher than on Rd, at least at weak coupling in d = 1, 2 and weak coupling and small chemical potential in d = 3. Furthermore, we show that the relative shift in critical temperature vanishes in the weak coupling limit.}, author = {Roos, Barbara and Seiringer, Robert}, issn = {1432-0673}, journal = {Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, title = {{BCS critical temperature on half-spaces}}, doi = {10.1007/s00205-025-02088-x}, volume = {249}, year = {2025}, } @article{19628, abstract = {We consider the critical temperature for superconductivity, defined via the linear BCS equation. We prove that at weak coupling the critical temperature for a sample confined to a quadrant in two dimensions is strictly larger than the one for a half-space, which in turn is strictly larger than the one for R^2. Furthermore, we prove that the relative difference of the critical temperatures vanishes in the weak coupling limit.}, author = {Roos, Barbara and Seiringer, Robert}, issn = {2050-5094}, journal = {Forum of Mathematics, Sigma}, publisher = {Cambridge University Press}, title = {{Enhanced superconductivity at a corner for the linear BCS equation}}, doi = {10.1017/fms.2024.145}, volume = {13}, year = {2025}, } @article{19642, abstract = {We study the criticality and subcriticality of powers (−Δ) α with α>0 of the discrete Laplacian −Δ acting on ℓ 2 (N). We prove that these positive powers of the Laplacian are critical if and only if α≥3/2. We complement our analysis with Hardy-type inequalities for (−Δ) α in the subcritical regimes α∈(0,3/2). As an illustration of the critical case α≥3/2, we analyze asymptotic properties of discrete eigenvalues emerging by coupling (−Δ) α with a localized potential.}, author = {Gerhát, Borbála M and Krejčiřík, David and Štampach, František}, issn = {2235-0616}, journal = {Revista Matematica Iberoamericana}, number = {3}, pages = {1173--1200}, publisher = {EMS Press}, title = {{Criticality transition for positive powers of the discrete Laplacian on the half line}}, doi = {10.4171/RMI/1523}, volume = {41}, year = {2025}, } @article{19660, abstract = {We analyze the ground state energy of N fermions in a two-dimensional box interacting with an impurity particle via two-body point interactions. We show that for weak coupling, the ground state energy is asymptotically described by the polaron energy, as proposed by F. Chevy in the physics literature. The polaron energy is the solution of a nonlinear equation involving the Green’s function of the free Fermi gas and the binding energy of the two-body point interaction. We provide quantitative error estimates that are uniform in the thermodynamic limit.}, author = {Mitrouskas, David Johannes}, issn = {1432-0673}, journal = {Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis}, number = {3}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, title = {{The weakly coupled two-dimensional Fermi polaron}}, doi = {10.1007/s00205-025-02098-9}, volume = {249}, year = {2025}, } @article{19661, abstract = {The Nelson model describes non-relativistic particles coupled to a relativistic Bose scalar field. In this article, we study the renormalized version of the Nelson model with massless bosons in Davies' weak coupling limit. Our main result states that the two-body Coulomb potential emerges as an effective pair interaction between the particles, which arises from the exchange of virtual excitations of the quantum field.}, author = {Cárdenas, Esteban and Mitrouskas, David Johannes}, issn = {1751-8121}, journal = {Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical}, number = {17}, publisher = {IOP Publishing}, title = {{The renormalized Nelson model in the weak coupling limit}}, doi = {10.1088/1751-8121/adcdd9}, volume = {58}, year = {2025}, } @article{19705, abstract = {A maximal realization of the two-dimensional Pauli operator, subject to Aharonov–Bohm magnetic field, is investigated. Contrary to the case of the Pauli operator with regular magnetic potentials, it is shown that both components of the Pauli operator are critical. Asymptotics of the weakly coupled eigenvalues, generated by electric (not necessarily self-adjoint) perturbations, are derived.}, author = {Fialova, Marie and Krejčiřík, David}, issn = {1793-6659}, journal = {Reviews in Mathematical Physics}, number = {6}, publisher = {World Scientific Publishing}, title = {{Virtual bound states of the Pauli operator with an Aharonov–Bohm potential}}, doi = {10.1142/S0129055X25500114}, volume = {37}, year = {2025}, } @article{20045, abstract = {We consider the time evolution of the renormalized Nelson model, which describes N bosons linearly coupled to a quantized scalar field, in the mean-field limit of many particles N≫1 with coupling constant proportional to N^−1/2. First, we show that initial states exhibiting Bose–Einstein condensation for the particles and approximating a coherent state for the quantum field retain their structure under the many-body time evolution. Concretely, the dynamics of the reduced densities are approximated by solutions of two coupled PDEs, the Schrödinger–Klein–Gordon equations. Second, we construct a renormalized Bogoliubov evolution that describes the quantum fluctuations around the Schrödinger–Klein–Gordon equations. This evolution is used to extend the approximation of the evolved many-body state to the full norm topology. In summary, we provide a comprehensive analysis of the Nelson model that reveals the role of renormalization in the mean-field Bogoliubov theory.}, author = {Falconi, Marco and Lampart, Jonas and Leopold, Nikolai and Mitrouskas, David Johannes}, issn = {1873-1430}, journal = {Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincaré C}, publisher = {EMS Press}, title = {{Renormalized Bogoliubov theory for the Nelson model}}, doi = {10.4171/aihpc/154}, year = {2025}, } @article{20251, abstract = {The Lane–Emden inequality controls (math. formular) in terms of the L^1 and L^p norms of p. We provide a remainder estimate for this inequality in terms of a suitable distance of p to the manifold of optimizers.}, author = {Carlen, Eric and Lewin, Mathieu and Lieb, Elliott H. and Seiringer, Robert}, issn = {1432-0835}, journal = {Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations}, number = {7}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, title = {{Stability estimate for the Lane–Emden inequality}}, doi = {10.1007/s00526-025-03062-x}, volume = {64}, year = {2025}, } @article{20495, abstract = {We consider a tracer particle coupled to a Bose scalar field and study the regime where the field’s propagation speed approaches infinity. For initial states devoid of field excitations, we introduce an effective approximation of the time-evolved wave function and prove its validity in Hilbert space norm. In this approximation, the field remains in the vacuum state, while the tracer particle propagates with a modified dispersion relation. Physically, the new dispersion relation can be understood as the effect of radiative corrections due to interactions with virtual bosons. Mathematically, it is defined as the solution of a self-consistent nonlinear equation, whose form depends on the relevant time scale.}, author = {Cárdenas, Esteban and Mitrouskas, David Johannes}, issn = {1424-0637}, journal = {Annales Henri Poincare}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, title = {{Radiative corrections to the dynamics of a tracer particle coupled to a Bose ccalar field}}, doi = {10.1007/s00023-025-01626-3}, year = {2025}, } @article{17240, abstract = {We prove an upper bound on the energy density of the dilute spin-\(\frac {1}{2}\) Fermi gas capturing the leading correction to the kinetic energy\(8\pi a\rho _\uparrow\rho _\downarrow\) with an error of size smaller than\(a\rho^{2}(a^ 3\rho)^{1/3-\varepsilon}\) for any\(\varepsilon> 0\), where a denotes the scattering length of the interaction. The result is valid for a large class of interactions including interactions with a hard core. A central ingredient in the proof is a rigorous version of a fermionic cluster expansion adapted from the formal expansion of Gaudin et al. (Nucl Phys A 176(2):237–260, 1971. https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9474(71)90267-3).}, author = {Lauritsen, Asbjørn Bækgaard}, issn = {1424-0637}, journal = {Annales Henri Poincare}, pages = {203--243}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, title = {{Almost optimal upper bound for the ground state energy of a dilute Fermi gas via cluster expansion}}, doi = {10.1007/s00023-024-01450-1}, volume = {26}, year = {2025}, } @article{18074, abstract = {The Aharonov–Casher theorem is a result on the number of the so-called zero modes of a system described by the magnetic Pauli operator in R2. In this paper we address the same question for the Dirac operator on a flat two-dimensional manifold with boundary and Atiyah–Patodi–Singer boundary condition. More concretely we are interested in the plane and a disc with a finite number of circular holes cut out. We consider a smooth compactly supported magnetic field on the manifold and an arbitrary magnetic field inside the holes.}, author = {Fialova, Marie}, issn = {1424-0637}, journal = {Annales Henri Poincare}, pages = {2859--2900}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, title = {{Aharonov–Casher theorems for Dirac operators on manifolds with boundary and APS boundary condition}}, doi = {10.1007/s00023-024-01482-7}, volume = {26}, year = {2025}, } @article{19548, abstract = {We consider the BCS energy gap „.T / (essentially given by „.T /  .T; p/, the BCS order parameter) at all temperatures 0  T  Tc up to the critical one, Tc, and show that, in the limit of weak coupling, the ratio „.T /=Tc is given by a universal function of the relative temperature T =Tc. On the one hand, this recovers a recent result by Langmann and Triola [Phys. Rev. B 108 (2023), no. 10, article no. 104503] on three-dimensional s-wave superconductors for temperatures bounded uniformly away from Tc. On the other hand, our result lifts these restrictions, as we consider arbitrary spatial dimensions d 2 ¹1; 2; 3º, discuss superconductors with non-zero angular momentum (primarily in two dimensions), and treat the perhaps physically most interesting (due to the occurrence of the superconducting phase transition) regime of temperatures close to Tc. ​ .}, author = {Henheik, Sven Joscha and Lauritsen, Asbjørn Bækgaard}, issn = {1664-0403}, journal = {Journal of Spectral Theory}, number = {1}, pages = {305–352}, publisher = {EMS Press}, title = {{Universal behavior of the BCS energy gap}}, doi = {10.4171/JST/540}, volume = {15}, year = {2025}, }