On the spectral gap in Andreev graphs

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Authors Holger Flechsig, Sven Gnutzmann

Publication date 10 December 2008

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0711.1998

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Eigenvalues, singular values, and eigenvectors (15A18) Boundary value problems on graphs and networks for ordinary differential equations (34B45) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) (2)-body potential quantum scattering theory (81U05) Statistical mechanics of superconductors (82D55) Quantum chaos (81Q50)

Abstract: We introduce Andreev scattering (electron-hole conversion at an interface of a normal conductor to a superconductor) at the outer vertices of a quantum star graph and examine its effect on the spectrum. More specifically we show that the density of states in Andreev graphs is suppressed near the Fermi energy where a spectral gap may occur. The size and existence of such a gap depends on one side on the Andreev scattering amplitudes and, on the other side,on the properties of the electron-electron scattering matrix at the central vertex. We also show that the bond length fluctuations have a minor effect on the spectrum near the Fermi energy.

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