Dispersion relations of periodic quantum graphs associated with Archimedean tiling (I)

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AB01B2arXiv1809.09581WikidataQ128538673 ScholiaQ128538673MaRDI QIDQ6307271FDOQ6307271

Authors: Yuchen Luo, Eduardo O. Jatulan, Chun-Kong Law 

Publication date: 25 September 2018

Abstract: There are totally 11 kinds of Archimedean tiling for the plane. Applying the Floquet-Bloch theory, we derive the dispersion relations of the periodic quantum graphs associated with a number of Archimedean tiling, namely the triangular tiling {$(3^6)$}, the elongated triangular tiling {$(3^3,4^2)$}, the trihexagonal tiling {$(3,6,3,6)$} and the truncated square tiling {$(4,8^2)$}. The derivation makes use of characteristic functions, with the help of the symbolic software Mathematica. The resulting dispersion relations are surprisingly simple and symmetric. They show that in each case the spectrum is composed of point spectrum and an absolutely continuous spectrum. We further analyzed on the structure of the absolutely continuous spectra. Our work is motivated by the studies on the periodic quantum graphs associated with hexagonal tiling in cite{KP} and cite{KL}.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boundary value problems on graphs and networks for ordinary differential equations (34B45) General spectral theory of ordinary differential operators (34L05) Statistical mechanics of crystals (82D25)

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