Physics – Mathematical Physics
Scientific paper
2003-09-01
Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc. London Ser. A 366 (2008), 1115-1153
Physics
Mathematical Physics
38 pages, 1 figure; final revisions
Scientific paper
10.1098/rsta.2007.2063
The band structure of the Lam\'e equation, viewed as a one-dimensional Schr\"odinger equation with a periodic potential, is studied. At integer values of the degree parameter l, the dispersion relation is reduced to the l=1 dispersion relation, and a previously published l=2 dispersion relation is shown to be partially incorrect. The Hermite-Krichever Ansatz, which expresses Lam\'e equation solutions in terms of l=1 solutions, is the chief tool. It is based on a projection from a genus-l hyperelliptic curve, which parametrizes solutions, to an elliptic curve. A general formula for this covering is derived, and is used to reduce certain hyperelliptic integrals to elliptic ones. Degeneracies between band edges, which can occur if the Lam\'e equation parameters take complex values, are investigated. If the Lam\'e equation is viewed as a differential equation on an elliptic curve, a formula is conjectured for the number of points in elliptic moduli space (elliptic curve parameter space) at which degeneracies occur. Tables of spectral polynomials and Lam\'e polynomials, i.e., band edge solutions, are given. A table in the older literature is corrected.
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