Is quasiperiodic localization stable in two dimensions?
In plain words
A non-random but irregular potential, built from waves whose wavelengths have an irrational ratio to the lattice spacing (quasiperiodic), has no rare weak spots, so the rare-region argument may not apply. Whether such systems localize in two dimensions is open.
Precise statement
Interacting bosons or fermions on a square lattice in the quasiperiodic potential $V_i = V [\cos(2 \pi \beta x_i + \phi_x) + \cos(2 \pi \beta y_i + \phi_y)]$ with irrational $\beta$: is there $V_c$ such that local memory persists at infinite time as $L \to \infty$? Answer yes or no.
What would settle it
A size-independent localization crossover over a wide range of L in experiment, together with a theory excluding resonant instabilities in the quasiperiodic case.
Status in the literature
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Agrawal, Vasseur, Gopalakrishnan (PRB 106, 094206, 2022) argue it is stable in $d=2$ at strong modulation, and a 2025 optical-lattice experiment up to $24 \times 24$ sites saw no clear size drift of the quasiperiodic crossover.
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