Edge States for generalised Iwatsuka models: Magnetic fields having a fast transition across a curve

Abstract

In this paper, we study the localization and propagation properties of the edge states associated to a class of magnetic laplacians in $\mathbb{R}^2$. We assume that the intensity of the magnetic field has a fast transition along a regular and compact curve $\Gamma$. Our main results extend to a general regular curve the study of the localised eigenfunction obtained when $\Gamma$ is a straight line (i.e. Iwatsuka models). Furthermore, we include in our analysis the case of magnetic fields that slowly change along the curve $\Gamma$ and we obtain a rigorous and explicit characterization of the asymptotic mass distribution of the edge state along $\Gamma$.