On Agmon metrics and exponential localization for quantum graphs

DOI10.1007/S00220-018-3124-XzbMATH Open1388.81130arXiv1508.06922OpenAlexW2962785308WikidataQ115608992 ScholiaQ115608992MaRDI QIDQ1749348FDOQ1749348

Authors: Evans M. II Harrell, Anna Maltsev 

Publication date: 16 May 2018

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We investigate the rate of decrease at infinity of eigenfunctions of quantum graphs by using Agmon's method to prove $L^2$ and $L^{i}nfty$ bounds on the product of an eigenfunction with the exponential of a certain metric. A generic result applicable to all graphs is that the exponential rate of decay is controlled by an adaptation of the standard estimates for a line, which are of classical Liouville-Green (WKB) form. Examples reveal that this estimate can be the best possible, but that a more rapid rate of decay is typical when the graph has additional structure. In order to understand this fact, we present two alternative estimates under more restrictive assumptions on the graph structure that pertain to a more rapid decay. One of these depends on how the eigenfunction is distributed along a particular chosen path, while the other applies to an average of the eigenfunction over edges at a given distance from the root point.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.06922

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Distance in graphs (05C12) Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Quantum mechanics on special spaces: manifolds, fractals, graphs, lattices (81Q35) Eigenfunctions, eigenfunction expansions, completeness of eigenfunctions of ordinary differential operators (34L10)

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