Quantum graphs with the Bethe-Sommerfeld property

DOI10.17586/2220-8054-2017-8-3-305-309arXiv1705.04363MaRDI QIDQ6286568FDOQ6286568

Authors: Pavel Exner, Ondřej Turek 

Publication date: 11 May 2017

Abstract: In contrast to the usual quantum systems which have at most a finite number of open spectral gaps if they are periodic in more than one direction, periodic quantum graphs may have gaps arbitrarily high in the spectrum. This property of graph Hamiltonians, being generic in a sense, inspires the question about the existence of graphs with a finite and nonzero number of spectral gaps. We show that the answer depends on the vertex couplings together with commensurability of the graph edges. A finite and nonzero number of gaps is excluded for graphs with scale invariant couplings; on the other hand, we demonstrate that graphs featuring a finite nonzero number of gaps do exist, illustrating the claim on the example of a rectangular lattice with a suitably tuned $delta$-coupling at the vertices.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Schrödinger operator, Schrödinger equation (35J10) Particular ordinary differential operators (Dirac, one-dimensional Schrödinger, etc.) (34L40) Quantum mechanics on special spaces: manifolds, fractals, graphs, lattices (81Q35)

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