The first part of this work gives an introduction into aperiodic order in general and the lines of research pursued. The second part consists of eight manuscripts.

Wir beginnen mit der Herleitung der asymptotischen Entwicklung der Spur des Wärmeleitungskernes, $\tr e^{-t\Delta}$, für $t\to0+$, wobei $\Delta$ der Laplace-Beltrami-Operator auf einer Mannigfaltigkeit mit Kegel-Singularitäten ist; dabei folgen wir der Arbeit von Brüning und Seeley. Dann untersuchen wir, wie die Koeffizienten der Entwicklung mit der Geometrie der Mannigfaltigkeit zusammenhängen, insbesondere fragen wir, ob die (mögliche) Singularität der Mannigfaltigkeit aus den Koeffizienten - und damit aus dem Spektrum des Laplace-Beltrami-Operators - abgelesen werden kann. In wurde gezeigt, dass im zweidimensionalen Fall ein logarithmischer Term und ein nicht lokaler Term im konstanten Glied genau dann verschwinden, wenn die Kegelbasis ein Kreis der Länge $2\pi$ ist, die Mannigfaltigkeit also geschlossen ist. Dann untersuchen wir wir höhere Dimensionen. Im vier-dimensionalen Fall zeigen wir, dass der logarithmische Term genau dann verschwindet, wenn die Kegelbasis eine sphärische Raumform ist. Wir vermuten, dass das Verschwinden eines nicht lokalen Beitrags zum konstanten Term äquivalent ist dazu, dass die Kegelbasis die runde Sphäre ist; das kann aber bisher nur im zyklischen Fall gezeigt werden. Für geraddimensionale Mannigfaltigkeiten höherer Dimension und mit Kegelbasis von konstanter Krümmung zeigen wir weiter, dass der logarithmische Term ein Polynom in der Krümmung ist, das Wurzeln ungleich 1 haben kann, so dass erst das Verschwinden von mehreren Termen - die derzeit noch nicht explizit behandelt werden können - die Geschlossenheit der Mannigfaltigkeit zur Folge haben könnte. / We derive a detailed asymptotic expansion of the heat trace for the Laplace-Beltrami operator on functions on manifolds with one conic singularity, using the Singular Asymptotics Lemma of Jochen Bruening and Robert T. Seeley. Then we investigate how the terms in the expansion reflect the geometry of the manifold. Since the general expansion contains a logarithmic term, its vanishing is a necessary condition for smoothness of the manifold. It is shown in the paper by Bruening and Seeley that in the two-dimensional case this implies that the constant term of the expansion contains a non-local term that determines the length of the (circular) cross section and vanishes precisely if this length equals $2\pi$, that is, in the smooth case. We proceed to the study of higher dimensions. In the four-dimensional case, the logarithmic term in the expansion vanishes precisely when the cross section is a spherical space form, and we expect that the vanishing of a further singular term will imply again smoothness, but this is not yet clear beyond the case of cyclic space forms. In higher dimensions the situation is naturally more difficult. We illustrate this in the case of cross sections with constant curvature. Then the logarithmic term becomes a polynomial in the curvature with roots that are different from 1, which necessitates more vanishing of other terms, not isolated so far.

This book is devoted to the study of operators on discrete structures. The operators are supposed to be self-adjoint and obey a certain translation invariance property. The discrete structures are given as Cayley graphs via finitely generated groups. Here, sofic groups and amenable groups are in the center of our considerations. Note that every finitely generated amenable group is sofic. We investigate the spectrum of a discrete self-adjoint operator by studying a sequence of finite dimensional analogues of these operators. In the setting of amenable groups we obtain these approximating operators by restricting the operator in question to finite subsets Qn , n ∈ N. These finite dimensional operators are self-adjoint and therefore admit a well-defined normalized eigenvalue counting function. The limit of the normalized eigenvalue counting functions when |Qn | → ∞ (if it exists) is called the integrated density of states (IDS). It is a distribution function of a probability measure encoding the distribution of the spectrum of the operator in question on the real axis. We prove the existence of the IDS in various geometric settings and for different types of operators. The models we consider include deterministic as well as random situations. Depending on the specific setting, we prove existence of the IDS as a weak limit of distribution functions or even as a uniform limit. Moreover, in certain situations we are able to express the IDS via a semi-explicit formula using the trace of the spectral projection of the original operator. This is sometimes referred to as the validity of the Pastur-Shubin trace formula. In the most general geometric setting we study, the operators are defined on Cayley graphs of sofic groups. Here we prove weak convergence of the eigenvalue counting functions and verify the validity of the Pastur-Shubin trace formula for random and non-random operators . These results apply to operators which not necessarily bounded or of finite hopping range. The methods are based on resolvent techniques. This theory is established without having an ergodic theorem for sofic groups at hand. Note that ergodic theory is the usual tool used in the proof of convergence results of this type. Specifying to operators on amenable groups we are able to prove stronger results. In the discrete case, we show that the IDS exists uniformly for a certain class of finite hopping range operators. This is obtained by using a Banach space-valued ergodic theorem. We show that this applies to eigenvalue counting functions, which implies their convergence with respect to the Banach space norm, in this case the supremum norm. Thus, the heart of this theory is the verification of the Banach space-valued ergodic theorem. Proceeding in two steps we first prove this result for so-called ST-amenable groups. Then, using results from the theory of ε-quasi tilings, we prove a version of the Banach space-valued ergodic theorem which is valid for all amenable groups. Focusing on random operators on amenable groups, we prove uniform existence of the IDS without the assumption that the operator needs to be of finite hopping range or bounded. Moreover, we verify the Pastur-Shubin trace formula. Here we present different techniques. First we show uniform convergence of the normalized eigenvalue counting functions adapting the technique of the Banach space-valued ergodic theorem from the deterministic setting. In a second approach we use weak convergence of the eigenvalue counting functions and additionally obtain control over the convergence at the jumps of the IDS. These ingredients are applied to verify uniform existence of the IDS. In both situations we employ results from the theory of large deviations, in order to deal with long-range interactions.

Ein metrischer Graph mit einem selbstadjungierten, negativen Laplace-Operator wird Quantengraph genannt. In dieser Arbeit werden Transporteigenschaften zufälliger Laplace-Operatoren betrachtet. Dazu wird die Multiskalenanalyse (MSA) von euklidischen Räumen auf metrische Graphen angepasst. Eine Überdeckung der metrischen Graphen wird aus gleichmäßig polynomiellem Wachstum und der gleichmäßigen Beschränkung der Kantenlängen gewonnen. Als Hilfsmittel für die MSA werden eine Combes-Thomas-Abschätzung und eine Geometrische Resolventenungleichung bewiesen. Zusammen mit einer Wegner-Abschätzung und der Existenz von verallgemeinerten Eigenfunktionen wird mittels der modifizierten MSA spektrale Lokalisierung (d.h. reines Punktspektrum) mit polynomiell fallenden Eigenfunktionen am unteren Rand des Spektrums für negative Laplace-Operatoren mit zufälligem Potential geschlossen. Dabei sind alle Randbedingungen, die eine nach unten beschränkten Operator liefern, wählbar. / We prove spectral localization for infinite metric graphs with a self-adjoint Laplace operator and a random potential. Therefor we adapt the multiscale analysis (MSA) from the euclidean case to metric graphs. In the MSA a covering of the graph is needed which is obtained from a uniform polynomial growth of the graph. The geometric restrictions of the graph contain a uniform bound on the edge lengths. As boundary conditions we allow all settings which give a lower bounded self-adjoint operator with an associated quadratic form. The result is spectral localization (i.e. pure point spectrum) with polynomially decaying eigenfunctions in a small interval at the ground state energy.

Spectral graph theory widely increases the interests in not only discovering new properties of well known graphs but also proving the well known properties for the new type of graphs. In fact all spectral properties of proverbial graphs are not acknowledged to us and in other hand due to the structure of nature, new classes of graphs are required to explain the phenomena around us and the spectral properties of these graphs can tell us more about the structure of them. These both themes are the body of our work here. We introduce here three models of random graphs and show that the eigenvalue counting function of Laplacians on these graphs has exponential decay bound. Since our methods heavily depend on the first nonzero eigenvalue of Laplacian, we study also this eigenvalue for the graph in both random and nonrandom cases.

This thesis is devoted to the study of operators on discrete structures. The operators are supposed to be self-adjoint and obey a certain translation invariance property. The discrete structures are given as Cayley graphs via finitely generated groups. Here, sofic groups and amenable groups are in the center of our considerations. Note that every finitely generated amenable group is sofic. We investigate the spectrum of a discrete self-adjoint operator by studying a sequence of finite dimensional analogues of these operators. In the setting of amenable groups we obtain these approximating operators by restricting the operator in question to finite subsets Qn , n ∈ N. These finite dimensional operators are self-adjoint and therefore admit a well-defined normalized eigenvalue counting function. The limit of the normalized eigenvalue counting functions when |Qn | → ∞ (if it exists) is called the integrated density of states (IDS). It is a distribution function of a probability measure encoding the distribution of the spectrum of the operator in question on the real axis. In this thesis, we prove the existence of the IDS in various geometric settings and for different types of operators. The models we consider include deterministic as well as random situations. Depending on the specific setting, we prove existence of the IDS as a weak limit of distribution functions or even as a uniform limit. Moreover, in certain situations we are able to express the IDS via a semi-explicit formula using the trace of the spectral projection of the original operator. This is sometimes referred to as the validity of the Pastur-Shubin trace formula. In the most general geometric setting we study, the operators are defined on Cayley graphs of sofic groups. Here we prove weak convergence of the eigenvalue counting functions and verify the validity of the Pastur-Shubin trace formula for random and non-random operators . These results apply to operators which not necessarily bounded or of finite hopping range. The methods are based on resolvent techniques. This theory is established without having an ergodic theorem for sofic groups at hand. Note that ergodic theory is the usual tool used in the proof of convergence results of this type. Specifying to operators on amenable groups we are able to prove stronger results. In the discrete case, we show that the IDS exists uniformly for a certain class of finite hopping range operators. This is obtained by using a Banach space-valued ergodic theorem. We show that this applies to eigenvalue counting functions, which implies their convergence with respect to the Banach space norm, in this case the supremum norm. Thus, the heart of this theory is the verification of the Banach space-valued ergodic theorem. Proceeding in two steps we first prove this result for so-called ST-amenable groups. Then, using results from the theory of ε-quasi tilings, we prove a version of the Banach space-valued ergodic theorem which is valid for all amenable groups. Focusing on random operators on amenable groups, we prove uniform existence of the IDS without the assumption that the operator needs to be of finite hopping range or bounded. Moreover, we verify the Pastur-Shubin trace formula. Here we present different techniques. First we show uniform convergence of the normalized eigenvalue counting functions adapting the technique of the Banach space-valued ergodic theorem from the deterministic setting. In a second approach we use weak convergence of the eigenvalue counting functions and additionally obtain control over the convergence at the jumps of the IDS. These ingredients are applied to verify uniform existence of the IDS. In both situations we employ results from the theory of large deviations, in order to deal with long-range interactions.

We analyze the asymptotic behavior in the limit epsilon to zero for a wide class of difference operators H_epsilon = T_epsilon + V_epsilon with underlying multi-well potential. They act on the square summable functions on the lattice (epsilon Z)^d.<br> We start showing the validity of an harmonic approximation and construct WKB-solutions at the wells. Then we construct a Finslerian distance d induced by H and show that short integral curves are geodesics and d gives the rate for the exponential decay of Dirichlet eigenfunctions. In terms of this distance, we give sharp estimates for the interaction between the wells and construct the interaction matrix. / Wir analysieren das asymptotische Verhalten im Grenzwert epsilon gegen null von einer weiten Klasse von Differenzen operatoren H_epsilon = T_epsilon + V_epsilon mit unterliegendem Potential. Sie wirken auf die quadrat-summierbaren Funktionen auf dem Gitter (epsilon Z)^d.<br> Zunächst zeigen wir die Gültigkeit einer harmonischen Approximation und konstruieren WKB-Lösungen an den Töpfen. Dann konstruieren wir eine Finslersche Abstandsfunktion d, die durch H induziert wird und zeigen, daß kurze Integralkurven Geodäten sind und daß d die Rate des exponentiellen Abfallverhaltens von Dirichlet-Eigenfunktionen beschreibt. Bezügliche dieses Abstands geben wir scharfe Abschätzungen für die Wechselwirkung zwischen den Töpfen und konstruieren die Wechselwirkungs-Matrix.

This book is devoted to the study of operators on discrete structures. The operators are supposed to be self-adjoint and obey a certain translation invariance property. The discrete structures are given as Cayley graphs via finitely generated groups. Here, sofic groups and amenable groups are in the center of our considerations. Note that every finitely generated amenable group is sofic. We investigate the spectrum of a discrete self-adjoint operator by studying a sequence of finite dimensional analogues of these operators. In the setting of amenable groups we obtain these approximating operators by restricting the operator in question to finite subsets Qn , n ∈ N. These finite dimensional operators are self-adjoint and therefore admit a well-defined normalized eigenvalue counting function. The limit of the normalized eigenvalue counting functions when |Qn | → ∞ (if it exists) is called the integrated density of states (IDS). It is a distribution function of a probability measure encoding the distribution of the spectrum of the operator in question on the real axis. We prove the existence of the IDS in various geometric settings and for different types of operators. The models we consider include deterministic as well as random situations. Depending on the specific setting, we prove existence of the IDS as a weak limit of distribution functions or even as a uniform limit. Moreover, in certain situations we are able to express the IDS via a semi-explicit formula using the trace of the spectral projection of the original operator. This is sometimes referred to as the validity of the Pastur-Shubin trace formula. In the most general geometric setting we study, the operators are defined on Cayley graphs of sofic groups. Here we prove weak convergence of the eigenvalue counting functions and verify the validity of the Pastur-Shubin trace formula for random and non-random operators . These results apply to operators which not necessarily bounded or of finite hopping range. The methods are based on resolvent techniques. This theory is established without having an ergodic theorem for sofic groups at hand. Note that ergodic theory is the usual tool used in the proof of convergence results of this type. Specifying to operators on amenable groups we are able to prove stronger results. In the discrete case, we show that the IDS exists uniformly for a certain class of finite hopping range operators. This is obtained by using a Banach space-valued ergodic theorem. We show that this applies to eigenvalue counting functions, which implies their convergence with respect to the Banach space norm, in this case the supremum norm. Thus, the heart of this theory is the verification of the Banach space-valued ergodic theorem. Proceeding in two steps we first prove this result for so-called ST-amenable groups. Then, using results from the theory of ε-quasi tilings, we prove a version of the Banach space-valued ergodic theorem which is valid for all amenable groups. Focusing on random operators on amenable groups, we prove uniform existence of the IDS without the assumption that the operator needs to be of finite hopping range or bounded. Moreover, we verify the Pastur-Shubin trace formula. Here we present different techniques. First we show uniform convergence of the normalized eigenvalue counting functions adapting the technique of the Banach space-valued ergodic theorem from the deterministic setting. In a second approach we use weak convergence of the eigenvalue counting functions and additionally obtain control over the convergence at the jumps of the IDS. These ingredients are applied to verify uniform existence of the IDS. In both situations we employ results from the theory of large deviations, in order to deal with long-range interactions.

Für Entwurf, Modellierung sowie Überwachung von Gasphasenprozessen sind fun-dierte Kenntnisse über elementare Zustandsgrößen wie Temperatur oder Spezieskon-zentration unerlässlich. Obwohl bereits heute eine breite Palette an optischen, nicht-invasiven Online-Messtechniken zu Verfügung steht, ist deren Einsatz noch immer auf wenige Anwendungsfelder beschränkt. Die Gründe dafür liegen im oft hohen ex-perimentellen Aufwand oder in anderen Nachteilen wie der Notwendigkeit zum Einsatz von Tracern oder der Kalibrierung über zusätzliche Referenzen. Um diese Nachteile zu umgehen, wurde im Rahmen dieser Arbeit ein mobiles, faserbasiertes Sensorsystem, basierend auf der spontanen Raman-Spektroskopie entwickelt. Die Technik verwendet durchstimmbare NIR-Dauerstrich-Laser-Anregung, Signalerfassung in rückstreuender Geometrie (Punktmessung) und erfordert weder Probennahme, noch Tracer innerhalb der Strömung oder Kalibrierschritte am zu untersuchenden Prozess. Die Methode ermöglicht die simultane Bestimmung von Gastemperaturen und Spezieskonzentrationen sowie im Falle von Aerosolen die Bestimmung der Partikelspezies und der Anteile ihrer polymorphen Kristallstrukturen. Die Datenauswertung basiert auf der Rekonstruktion der gemessenen Spektren anhand simulierter Modellspektren durch Least-Square-Algorithmen. Herkömmliche Ansätze liefern lediglich Parameter, die das Residuum zwischen Simulation und Messsignal minimieren. Unsicherheiten der Messgrößen sind daraus nicht ermittelbar und werden deshalb konventionell durch Wiederholung der Messung bestimmt. Mit Hilfe der hier eingesetzten Bayes'schen Statistik lassen sich die entsprechenden Unsicherheiten direkt bestimmen. Darüber hinaus ermöglicht der Ansatz das Einbeziehen von Vorwissen zur Verbesserung der Robustheit und Genauigkeit der Auswertung. Die Performance des Sensorsystems wurde durch Einsätze an verschiedenen Gasphasenprozessen getestet und evaluiert. Dazu gehören Test-Aerosole, ein TiO2-Nanopartikelsyntheseprozess sowie eine laminare, rußarme Flamme. Ein leicht modifiziertes Sensorsystem (VIS-Anregung) wurde an einem Vergasungsreaktor eingesetzt. Generell konnte eine hohe Qualität der ermittelten Messgrößen festgestellt werden. So sind deren Unsicherheiten mit denen deutlich komplexerer Messtechniken vergleichbar, stellenweise sogar geringer. Die mittlere Unsicherheit der Gastemperaturen innerhalb der Flamme betrug nur 1,6 %. Somit ermöglicht der vorgestellte Sensor bei geringem experimentellen Aufwand die Bestimmung wertvoller Prozessdaten und stellt so potentiell die Basis für eine breitere Anwendung optischer Prozessmesstechnik dar. / For the design, modelling and monitoring of gas-phase processes a profound knowledge of elementary state variables such as temperature or species concentration is essential. Although a wide range of optical, non-invasive online measurement techniques is already available today, their use is still limited to a few fields of application. The reasons for this are the regularly high experimental effort or other disadvantages such as the necessity to use tracers or to execute calibration via additional references. In order to avoid these disadvantages, a mobile, fiber-based sensor system based on spontaneous Raman spectroscopy was developed within the scope of this work. The technique uses tunable NIR continuous-wave laser excitation, signal acquisition in backscattering geometry (point measurement) and requires neither sampling, tracers within the flow nor calibration steps at the process under investigation. The method allows the simultaneous determination of gas temperatures and species concentrations and, in the case of aerosols, the determination of the particle species and their polymorphic crystal structures. The data evaluation is based on the reconstruction of the measured spectra using simulated model spectra through least square algorithms. Conventional approaches only provide parameters that minimize the residual between simulation and measurement signal. Uncertainties of the measured variables cannot be determined from these parameters and are, therefore, determined conventionally by repeating the measurement. With the help of the Bayesian statistics used here, the corresponding uncertainties can be determined directly. Furthermore, the approach allows the inclusion of prior knowledge to improve the robustness and accuracy of the evaluation. The performance of the sensor system was tested and evaluated by using it in different gas phase processes. These include test aerosols, a TiO2 nanoparticle synthesis process and a laminar weakly sooting flame. A slightly modified system (VIS excitation) was used with a similar operation strategy at a gasification reactor. In general, a high quality of the measured variables could be determined. Their uncertainties are comparable with those of much more complex measuring techniques, in some cases even lower. The mean uncertainty of the gas temperatures within the flame was only 1.6 %. Thus, the presented sensor enables the determination of valuable process data with low experimental effort and can potentially be the basis for a broader application of optical process measurement technology.