Approximation of a general singular vertex coupling in quantum graphs

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Abstract: The longstanding open problem of approximating all singular vertex couplings in a quantum graph is solved. We present a construction in which the edges are decoupled; an each pair of their endpoints is joined by an edge carrying a delta potential and a vector potential coupled to the "loose" edges by a delta coupling. It is shown that if the lengths of the connecting edges shrink to zero and the potentials are properly scaled, the limit can yield any prescribed singular vertex coupling, and moreover, that such an approximation converges in the norm-resolvent sense.


The authors consider a quantum graph vertex \(V\) of the degree \(n\) with \(n\) edges \(E_j: j=1,\dots, n\) and \(\psi_v:= \{\psi_j: j=1,\dots, n\}\in\bigoplus_{j= 1,\dots, n} W^{2,2}(E_j)\). Let \(S\in\mathbb{C}^{m,m}\) be a self-adjoint matrix, and \(T\in\mathbb{C}^{m,n-m}\) \((m\leq n)\) \[ \begin{pmatrix} I^{(m)} & T\\ 0 & 0\end{pmatrix} \psi_v'= \begin{pmatrix} S & 0\\ -T^* & I^{(n-m)}\end{pmatrix} \psi_v \] expresses admissible boundary conditions. They study \(H_A\psi= k^2\psi\) on \(E_j= (0,L_j)\), \(H_A= -id/dx- A)^2+ V\). Vertex \(\delta\)-coupling acquires the form: \[ \psi_j(0)= \psi_k(0):= \psi(0),\quad \sum_{j=1,\dots,n}\psi_j'(0)= \Biggl(\alpha+ i\sum_{j=1,\dots, n}A_j\Biggr)\psi(0) \] at 0 corresponding to \(V\). Here \(\{A_j: j= 1,\dots, n\}\) is the vector potential in Hamiltonian \(H^{Ad}_d\) given by \(H_A\). As an approximation model, they consider a star graph with \(n\) outgoing edges \(E_j\) coupled in a general way, and study the Hamiltonian \(H^{Ag}(d)\) on the graph, given by \(H_A\). \(V\to\{V_j: j=1,\dots, n\}\), \(\text{dist}(V_j,V_k)= 2d\). In order to give \(\delta\) interaction, parameters \(W_{(j,k)}\), \(\nu_j\), and \(A^{(j,k)}(d)\) are required. They prove the convergence of the family \(H^{Ag}(d)\) to \(H^{Ad}_d\) in the norm-resolvent sense as \(d\to 0_+\). That is, \(\| R^{Ag}_d(k^2)- R^{Ad}_d(k^2)\|_2\to 0_+\) in the Hilbert-Schmidt norm, holds as \(d\to 0_+\). \(R^{Ad}(k^2)\): resolvent of \(H^{Ad}\) at the point \(k^2\).




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