Seminario Fismat | Timo Weidl (University of Stuttgart)

The edge resonance in elastic media with zero Poisson coefficient

Abstract

A two-dimensional elastic semistrip with stress-free boundary conditions and zero Poisson coefficients has an embedded eigenvalue on top of the continuous spectrum. This effect is known as edge resonance. For an infinite plate of finite thickness with a drilling hole (R2∖Ω)×I actually infinitely many edge resonances will occur. This is related to the spectral problem of perturbations of symbols with strongly degenerated minima, which also appear in BCS theory. I give an overview on some of our results in this area, which still poses a number of mathematical challenges.