Abstract. We consider Schrödinger operators on a class of periodic quantum graphs with randomly distributed Kirchhoff coupling constants at all vertices. Using the technique of self-adjoint extensions we obtain conditions for localization on quantum graphs in terms of finite volume criteria for some energy-dependent discrete Hamiltonians. These conditions hold in the strong disorder limit and at the spectral edges.

Abstract. We develop eigenvalue estimates for the Laplacians on discrete and metric graphs using different types of boundary conditions at the vertices of the metric graph. Via an explicit correspondence of the equilateral metric and discrete graph spectrum (also in the “exceptional” values of the metric graph corresponding to the Dirichlet spectrum) we carry over these estimates from the metric graph Laplacian to the discrete case. We apply the results to covering graphs and present examples where the covering graph Laplacians have spectral gaps. 1.

We prove an abstract criterion stating resolvent convergence in the case of operators acting in different Hilbert spaces. This result is then applied to the case of Laplacians on a family Xε of branched quantum waveguides. Combining it with an exterior complex scaling we show, in particular, that the resonances on Xε approximate those of the Laplacian with “free” boundary conditions on X0, the skeleton graph of Xε.

Abstract. The aim of the present paper is to analyse the spectrum of Laplace operators on graphs. Motivated by the general form of vertex conditions of a Laplacian on a metric graph, we define a new type of combinatorial Laplacian. With this generalised discrete Laplacian, it is possible to relate the spectral theory on discrete and metric graphs using the theory of boundary triples. In particular, we derive a spectral relation for equilateral metric graphs and index formulas. Moreover, we introduce extended metric graphs occuring naturally as limits of “thick ” graphs, and provide spectral analysis of natural Laplacians on such spaces. 1.

Semiclassical reduction for magnetic Schrödinger operator with periodic zero-range potentials and applications

Semiclassical reduction for magnetic Schrödinger operator with periodic zero-range potentials and applications