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In this paper we study the nonlinear Dirac (NLD) equation on noncompact metric graphs with localized Kerr nonlinearities, in the case of Kirchhoff-type conditions at the vertices. Precisely, we discuss existence and multiplicity of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-04-11 William Borrelli , Raffaele Carlone , Lorenzo Tentarelli

We study nonlinear Dirac equations (NLDE) on periodic quantum graphs endowed with Kirchhoff-type vertex conditions. Our main goal is to establish existence and multiplicity of bound states, which arise as critical points of the associated…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-22 Zhipeng Yang , Ling Zhu

One of the main tools used to understand both qualitative and quantitative spectral behaviour of periodic and almost periodic Schr\"odinger operators is the method of gauge transform. In this paper, we extend this method to an abstract…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-06-24 Jean Lagacé , Sergey Morozov , Leonid Parnovski , Bernhard Pfirsch , Roman Shterenberg

We consider Dirac-like operators with piecewise constant mass terms on spin manifolds, and we study the behaviour of their spectra when the mass parameters become large. In several asymptotic regimes, effective operators appear: the…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2022-06-01 Brice Flamencourt

Recently Dabrowski etc. \cite{DL} obtained the metric and Einstein functionals by two vector fields and Laplace-type operators over vector bundles, giving an interesting example of the spinor connection and square of the Dirac operator.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-05-21 Jian Wang , Yong Wang , Tong Wu

In this paper we prove that Dirac operators on non-compact complete orbifolds which are sufficiently regular at infinity, admit a unique extension. Additonally, we prove a generalized orbifold Stokes'/Divergence theorem.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-09-22 Carla Farsi

The Krein-von Neumann extension is studied for Schr\"odinger operators on metric graphs. Among other things, its vertex conditions are expressed explicitly, and its relation to other self-adjoint vertex conditions (e.g.…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2020-12-18 Jacob Muller , Jonathan Rohleder

We construct spectral zeta functions for the Dirac operator on metric graphs. We start with the case of a rose graph, a graph with a single vertex where every edge is a loop. The technique is then developed to cover any finite graph with…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-10-13 J. M. Harrison , T. Weyand , K. Kirsten

We investigate nonlinear Dirac equations on a periodic quantum graph $G$ and develop a variational approach to the existence and multiplicity of bound states. After introducing the Dirac operator on $G$ with a $\mathbb Z^{d}$-periodic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-02 Zhipeng Yang , Ling Zhu

This paper is devoted to mathematical and physical properties of the Dirac operator and spectral geometry. Spin-structures in Lorentzian and Riemannian manifolds, and the global theory of the Dirac operator, are first analyzed. Elliptic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-02-03 Giampiero Esposito

We define Dirac operators on $\mathbb{S}^3$ (and $\mathbb{R}^3$) with magnetic fields supported on smooth, oriented links and prove self-adjointness of certain (natural) extensions. We then analyze their spectral properties and show, among…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-02-21 Fabian Portmann , Jérémy Sok , Jan Philip Solovej

The Dirac operator enters into zero curvature representation for the cubic nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation. We introduce and study a conformal map from the upper half-plane of the spectral parameter of the Dirac operator into itself. The…

solv-int · Physics 2008-02-03 K. L. Vaninsky

We study the two-dimensional Dirac operator with an arbitrary combination of electrostatic and Lorentz scalar $\delta$-interactions of constant strengths supported on a smooth closed curve. For any combination of the coupling constants a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-07-21 Jussi Behrndt , Markus Holzmann , Thomas Ourmières-Bonafos , Konstantin Pankrashkin

The aim of the lectures is to introduce first-year Ph.D. students and research workers to the theory of the Dirac operator, spinor techniques, and their relevance for the theory of eigenvalues in Riemannian geometry. Topics: differential…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Giampiero Esposito

We consider supersymmetric quantum mechanical systems in arbitrary dimensions on curved spaces with nontrivial gauge fields. The square of the Dirac operator serves as Hamiltonian. We derive a relation between the number of supercharges…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Kirchberg , J. D. Laenge , A. Wipf

We introduce a non-backtracking Laplace operator for graphs and we investigate its spectral properties. With the use of both theoretical and computational techniques, we show that the spectrum of this operator captures several structural…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2023-06-13 Jürgen Jost , Raffaella Mulas , Leo Torres

Spectral properties of Schr\"odinger operators on compact metric graphs are studied and special emphasis is put on differences in the spectral behavior between different classes of vertex conditions. We survey recent results especially for…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2023-07-04 Jonathan Rohleder , Christian Seifert

A novel feature of a Ginsparg-Wilson lattice Dirac operator is discussed. Unlike the Dirac operator for massless fermions in the continuum, this lattice Dirac operator does not possess topological zero modes for any topologically-nontrivial…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2011-02-16 Ting-Wai Chiu

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