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Spectrum of a dilated honeycomb network

Mathematical Physics 2019-12-10 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics math.MP Spectral Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

We analyze spectrum of Laplacian supported by a periodic honeycomb lattice with generally unequal edge lengths and a δ\delta type coupling in the vertices. Such a quantum graph has nonempty point spectrum with compactly supported eigenfunctions provided all the edge lengths are commensurate. We derive conditions determining the continuous spectral component and show that existence of gaps may depend on number-theoretic properties of edge lengths ratios. The case when two of the three lengths coincide is discussed in detail.

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@article{arxiv.1405.0694,
  title  = {Spectrum of a dilated honeycomb network},
  author = {Pavel Exner and Ondrej Turek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.0694},
  year   = {2019}
}

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21 pages, one figure