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We introduce a systematic method for constructing a class of lattice structures that we call ``partial line graphs''.In tight-binding models on partial line graphs, energy bands with flat energy dispersions emerge.This method can be applied…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-11 Shin Miyahara , Kenn Kubo , Hiroshi Ono , Yoshihiro Shimomura , Nobuo Furukawa

Rhombohedral (ABC-stacked) multilayer graphene hosts interaction-driven phases enabled by surface flat bands at large displacement fields. In thick flakes, however, strong screening suppresses internal electric fields, raising the question…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-26 Kryštof Kolář , Andrea F. Young , Cyprian Lewandowski

Let $(\cX, \rho)$ be a discrete metric space. We suppose that the group $\sZ^n$ acts freely on $X$ and that the number of orbits of $X$ with respect to this action is finite. Then we call $X$ a $\sZ^n$-periodic discrete metric space. We…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 V. S. Rabinovich , S. Roch

We consider periodic Schr\"{o}dinger operators on the hexagonal lattice with self-adjoint vertex conditions that allow discontinuity and concentrated mass at the vertices. This model generalizes the periodic Schr\"{o}dinger operator on the…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-29 Mahmood Ettehad , Burak Hatinoğlu

Tanigawa (2016) showed that vertex-redundant rigidity of a graph implies its global rigidity in arbitrary dimension. We extend this result to periodic graphs under fixed lattice representations. A periodic graph is vertex-redundantly rigid…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2018-04-24 Viktoria E. Kaszanitzky , Csaba Kiraly , Bernd Schulze

We consider metric graphs with a uniform lower bound on the edge lengths but no further restrictions. We discuss how to describe every local self-adjoint Laplace operator on such graphs by boundary conditions in the vertices given by…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-09-28 Daniel Lenz , Carsten Schubert , Ivan Veselić

Motivated by the recent theoretical studies on a two-dimensional (2D) chiral Hamiltonian based on the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger chains, we experimentally and computationally demonstrate that topological flat frequency bands can occur at open…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-25 Kai Qian , Linghua Zhu , Keun Hyuk Ahn , Camelia Prodan

The bands of graphite are extremely sensitive to topological defects which modify the electronic structure. In this paper we found non-dispersive flat bands no farther than 10 meV of the Fermi energy in slightly twisted bilayer graphene as…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-12-21 E. Suárez Morell , J. D. Correa , P. Vargas , M. Pacheco , Z. Barticevic

We consider the Schr\"odinger operators on zigzag nanoribbons (quasi-1D tight-binding models) in external magnetic fields and an electric potential $V$. The magnetic field is perpendicular to the plane of the ribbon and the electric field…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2010-03-05 Evgeny L. Korotyaev , Anton A. Kutsenko

We show that we can assume graphs that do not have the edge-Erd\H{o}s-P\'{o}sa property to be connected. Then we strengthen this result to $2$-connectivity under the additional assumptions of a minor-closed property and a generic…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-07-24 Raphael Steck

We consider a periodic system of domains coupled by small windows. In such domain we study the band spectrum of a Schroedinger operator subject to Neumann condition. We show that near each isolated eigenvalue of the similar operator but in…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2013-12-31 Denis Borisov

We consider Schr\"odinger operators with periodic potentials on periodic discrete graphs. Their spectrum consists of a finite number of bands. We obtain two-sided estimates of the total bandwidth for the Schr\"odinger operators in terms of…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2022-07-08 Evgeny Korotyaev , Natalia Saburova

Materials science and the study of the electronic properties of solids are a major field of interest in both physics and engineering. The starting point for all such calculations is single-electron, or non-interacting, band structure…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Alicia J. Kollár , Mattias Fitzpatrick , Peter Sarnak , Andrew A. Houck

We prove that localization near band edges of multi-dimensional ergodic random Schr\"odinger operators with periodic background potential in $L^2(\mathbb{R}^d)$ is universal. By this we mean that localization in its strongest dynamical form…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-07-06 Albrecht Seelmann , Matthias Täufer

A periodic graph in dimension $d$ is a directed graph with a free action of $\Z^d$ with only finitely many orbits. It can conveniently be represented in terms of an associated finite graph with weights in $\Z^d$, corresponding to a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-06-18 Tobias Fritz

In this study, we take a systematic look at the unrealised part of public transport networks (PTNs) with functional connections. We consider their complement graphs and study their structure. The complement graph $\bar G$ of an unweighted…

Physics and Society · Physics 2026-04-24 Tina Šfiligoj , Oded Cats

We consider Laplacians on periodic equilateral metric graphs. The spectrum of the Laplacian consists of an absolutely continuous part (which is a union of an infinite number of non-degenerated spectral bands) plus an infinite number of flat…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2014-01-21 Evgeny Korotyaev , Natalia Saburova

We describe a broad class of bounded non-periodic potentials in one-dimensional stationary quantum mechanics having the same spectral properties as periodic potentials. The spectrum of the corresponding Schroedinger operator consists of a…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2015-08-27 Sergey A. Dyachenko , Dmitry Zakharov , Vladimir Zakharov

We analyze band spectrum of the periodic quantum graph in the form of a chain of rings connected by line segments with the vertex coupling which violates the time reversal invariance, interpolating between the $\delta$ coupling and the one…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-03-15 Pavel Exner , Jan Pekař

Flat bands and nontrivial topological physics are two important topics of condensed matter physics. With a unique stacking configuration analogous to the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model, rhombohedral graphite (RG) is a potential candidate…