@article{KleinRosenberger2012, author = {Klein, Markus and Rosenberger, Elke}, title = {Tunneling for a class of difference operators}, series = {ANNALES HENRI POINCARE}, volume = {13}, journal = {ANNALES HENRI POINCARE}, number = {5}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Basel}, issn = {1424-0637}, doi = {10.1007/s00023-011-0152-x}, pages = {1231 -- 1269}, year = {2012}, abstract = {We analyze a general class of difference operators on where is a multi-well potential and is a small parameter. We decouple the wells by introducing certain Dirichlet operators on regions containing only one potential well, and we shall treat the eigenvalue problem for as a small perturbation of these comparison problems. We describe tunneling by a certain interaction matrix, similar to the analysis for the Schrodinger operator [see Helffer and Sjostrand in Commun Partial Differ Equ 9:337-408, 1984], and estimate the remainder, which is exponentially small and roughly quadratic compared with the interaction matrix.}, language = {en} }