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We investigate the spectral properties of self-adjoint Schr\"odinger operators with attractive $\delta$-interactions of constant strength $\alpha > 0$ supported on conical surfaces in ${\mathbb R}^3$. It is shown that the essential spectrum…
We discuss the spectral properties of three-dimensional Dirac operators with critical combinations of electrostatic and Lorentz scalar shell interactions supported by a compact smooth surface. It turns out that the criticality of the…
The one-dimensional Dirac operator with a singular interaction term which is formally given by $A\otimes|\delta_0\rangle\langle\delta_0|$, where $A$ is an arbitrary $2\times 2$ matrix and $\delta_0$ stands for the Dirac distribution, is…
The problem of self-adjoint extensions of Dirac-type operators in manifolds with boundaries is analysed. The boundaries might be regular or non-regular. The latter situation includes point-like interactions, also called delta-like…
In this paper we study the approximation of Dirac operators with $\delta$-shell potentials in the norm resolvent sense. In particular, we consider the approximation of Dirac operators with confining electrostatic and Lorentz scalar…
Given a bounded smooth domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^3$, we explore the relation between couplings of the free Dirac operator $-i\alpha\cdot\nabla+m\beta$ with pure electrostatic shell potentials $\lambda\delta_{\partial\Omega}$…
This note revolves on the free Dirac operator in $\mathbb{R}^3$ and its $\delta$-shell interaction with electrostatic potentials supported on a sphere. On one hand, we characterize the eigenstates of those couplings by finding sharp…
We analyze eigenvalues emerging from thresholds of the essential spectrum of one-dimensional Dirac operators perturbed by complex and non-symmetric potentials. In the general non-self-adjoint setting we establish the existence and…
In this paper the approximation of Dirac operators with general $\delta$-shell potentials supported on $C^2$-curves in $\mathbb{R}^2$ or $C^2$-surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^3$, which may be bounded or unbounded, is studied. It is shown under…
We provide a limiting absorption principle for self-adjoint realizations of Dirac operators with electrostatic and Lorentz scalar $\delta$-shell interactions supported on regular compact surfaces. Then we show completeness of the wave…
In this article we develop a systematic approach to treat Dirac operators $A_{\eta, \tau, \lambda}$ with singular electrostatic, Lorentz scalar, and anomalous magnetic interactions of strengths $\eta, \tau, \lambda \in \mathbb{R}$,…
The purpose of this paper is to make an explicit construction of specific self-adjoint extensions of the Dirac Hamiltonian in the presence of a $\delta$-sphere interaction of finite radius. The exact resolvent kernel of the free Dirac…
Let $\Gamma\subset\mathbb{R}^2$ be a piecewise smooth closed curve with corners. We discuss the asymptotic behavior of the individual eigenvalues of the two-dimensional Schr\"odinger operator $-\Delta-\alpha\delta_\Gamma$ for…
We investigate the properties of self-adjointness of a two-dimensional Dirac operator on an infinite sector with infinite mass boundary conditions and in presence of a Coulomb-type potential with the singularity placed on the vertex. In the…
Consider a formally self-adjoint first order linear differential operator acting on pairs (2-columns) of complex-valued scalar fields over a 4-manifold without boundary. We examine the geometric content of such an operator and show that it…
Investigating properties of two-dimensional Dirac operators coupled to an electric and a magnetic field (perpendicular to the plane) requires in general unbounded (vector-) potentials. If the system has a certain symmetry, the fields can be…
Analyzing the point spectrum, i.e. bound state energy eigenvalue, of the Dirac delta function in two and three dimensions is notoriously difficult without recourse to regularization or renormalization, typically both. The reason for this in…
In this paper we introduce and study generally non-self-adjoint realizations of the Dirac operator on an arbitrary finite metric graph. Employing the robust boundary triple framework, we derive, in particular, a variant of the Birman…
Spectral properties and the confinement phenomenon for the coupling $H+V$ are studied, where $H=-i\alpha\cdot\nabla +m\beta$ is the free Dirac operator in $\mathcal{R}^3$ and $V$ is a measure-valued potential. The potentials $V$ under…
We study the spectrum of a periodic non-self-adjoint Dirac operator, and its dependence on a semiclassical parameter is also considered. Several bounds on the spectrum are obtained which provide sharp spectral enclosure estimates.…