Spectral determinant on quantum graphs

DOI10.1006/APHY.2000.6056MaRDI QIDQ1588733zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Eric Akkermans, Alain Comtet, Jean Desbois, Gilles Montambaux, Christophe Texier

Publication date 4 December 2000

Published in Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9911183

zbMATH Keywords

Laplacianquantum graphsspectral determinant

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spectral problems; spectral geometry; scattering theory on manifolds (58J50) Determinants and determinant bundles, analytic torsion (58J52)

Abstract: We study the spectral determinant of the Laplacian on finite graphs characterized by their number of vertices V and of bonds B. We present a path integral derivation which leads to two equivalent expressions of the spectral determinant of the Laplacian either in terms of a V x V vertex matrix or a 2B x 2B link matrix that couples the arcs (oriented bonds) together. This latter expression allows us to rewrite the spectral determinant as an infinite product of contributions of periodic orbits on the graph. We also present a diagrammatic method that permits us to write the spectral determinant in terms of a finite number of periodic orbit contributions. These results are generalized to the case of graphs in a magnetic field. Several examples illustrating this formalism are presented and its application to the thermodynamic and transport properties of weakly disordered and coherent mesoscopic networks is discussed.

Review text

The authors study the spectral determinant of the Laplacian on finite graphs characterized by their number of vertices \( V \) and bounds \(B\). They present a path integral derivation which leads to two equivalent expressions of the spectral determinant of the Laplacian in terms of either a \(V \times V\) vertex matrix or a \(2B \times 2B\) link matrix that couples the arcs together. This latter expression allows them to rewrite the spectral determinant as an infinite product of contributions of periodic orbits on the graph. They also present a diagrammatic method that permits them to write the spectral determinant in terms of a finite number of periodic orbit constructions. All these results are generalized then to the case of graphs in a magnetic field. Several examples are also nicely pointed out.

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