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We determine conditions for the quantisation of graphs using the Dirac operator for both two and four component spinors. According to the Bohigas-Giannoni-Schmit conjecture for such systems with time-reversal symmetry the energy level…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-07 Jens Bolte , Jonathan Harrison

Let $M$ be a closed connected spin manifold such that its spinor Dirac operator has non-vanishing (Rosenberg) index. We prove that for any Riemannian metric on $V = M \times [-1,1]$ with scalar curvature bounded below by $\sigma > 0$, the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-11-22 Rudolf Zeidler

We study the spectrum of the Dirac operator on hyperbolic manifolds of finite volume. Depending on the spin structure it is either discrete or the whole real line. For link complements in S^3 we give a simple criterion in terms of linking…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Christian Baer

We define a scale-dependent effective mass anomalous dimension from the scaling of the mode number of the massless Dirac operator, which connects the perturbative $\gamma_m$ of an asymptotically-free system to the universal…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2022-09-21 Anqi Cheng , Anna Hasenfratz , Gregory Petropoulos , David Schaich

We investigate the quantum motion of a neutral Dirac particle bouncing on a mirror in curved spacetime. We consider different geometries: Rindler, Kasner-Taub and Schwarzschild, and show how to solve the Dirac equation by using geometrical…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Nicolas Boulanger , Fabien Buisseret , Philippe Spindel

We consider the four-component two-valley Dirac operator on a wedge in $\mathbb{R}^2$ with infinite mass boundary conditions, which enjoy a flip at the vertex. We show that it has deficiency indices $(1,1)$ and we parametrize all its…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-10-09 Biagio Cassano , Vladimir Lotoreichik

We give an index formula for a class of Dirac operators coupled with unbounded potentials. More precisely, we study operators of the form P := D+ V, where D is a Dirac operators and V is an unbounded potential at infinity on a possibly…

K-Theory and Homology · Mathematics 2011-12-30 Catarina Carvalho , Victor Nistor

We analyze bound modes of two-dimensional massless Dirac fermions confined within a hyperbolic secant potential, which provides a good fit for potential profiles of existing top-gated graphene structures. We show that bound states of both…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-01-06 R. R. Hartmann , M. E. Portnoi

Let $(\overline M,\overline g)$ be a time- and space-oriented Lorentzian spin manifold, and let $M$ be a compact spacelike hypersurface of $\overline M$ with induced Riemannian metric $g$ and second fundamental form $K$. If $(\overline…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-03-23 Bernd Ammann , Jonathan Glöckle

The Dirac equation with a U(1) vortex in the mass-term is solved in the presence of magnetic-like fields at zero energy. By drawing an analogy to classical mechanics, it is shown that the four-component Dirac equation in arbitrary magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-05-21 Igor F. Herbut

Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^3$ be an open set, we study the spectral properties of the free Dirac operator $\mathcal{H}$ coupled with the singular potential $V_\kappa=(\epsilon I_4 +\mu\beta+\eta(\alpha\cdot N))\delta_{\partial\Omega}$.…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2022-06-22 Badreddine Benhellal

The aim of this paper is to prove the existence of Hadamard states for Dirac fields coupled with MIT boundary conditions on any globally hyperbolic manifold with timelike boundary. This is achieved by introducing a geometric M{\o}ller…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-06-28 Nicolò Drago , Nicolas Ginoux , Simone Murro

In this paper, we give the H\"ormander's $L^2$ theorem for Dirac operator over an open subset $\Omega\in\R^{n+1}$ with Clifford algebra. Some sufficient condition on the existence of the weak solutions for Dirac operator has been found in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-04-18 Yang Liu , Zhihua Chen , Yifei Pan

The index bundle of the Overlap lattice Dirac operator over the orbit space of lattice gauge fields is introduced and studied. Obstructions to the vanishing of gauge anomalies in the Overlap formulation of lattice chiral gauge theory have a…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2009-11-07 David H. Adams

We study the notion of a Dirac operator in the framework of twist-deformed noncommutative geometry. We provide a number of well-motivated candidate constructions and propose a minimal set of axioms that a noncommutative Dirac operator…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-12-17 Alexander Schenkel , Christoph F. Uhlemann

A generalization of Robin boundary conditions leading to self-adjoint operators is developed for the second derivative operator on metric graphs with compact completion and totally disconnected boundary. Harmonic functions and their…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2021-12-10 Robert Carlson

The concept of determinant for a linear operator in an infinite-dimensional space is addressed, by using the derivative of the operator's zeta-function (following Ray and Singer) and, eventually, through its zeta-function trace. A little…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 E. Elizalde

On a lattice, we construct an overlap Dirac operator which describes the propagation of a Dirac fermion in external gravity. The local Lorentz symmetry is manifestly realized as a lattice gauge symmetry, while the general coordinate…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2009-09-29 Hiroto So , Masashi Hayakawa , Hiroshi Suzuki

The magnetic Dirac operator describes the relativistic motion of a charged particle in a magnetic field. Although this operator got a lot of attention in physics many of its fundamental mathematical properties remain unexplored and this…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-16 Volker Branding , Nicolas Ginoux , Georges Habib

As a tool to carry out the quantization of gauge theory on a noncommutative space, we present a Dirac operator that behaves as a line element of the canonical noncommutative space. Utilizing this operator, we construct the Dixmier trace,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Yoshinobu Habara