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Effective masses for Laplacians on periodic graphs. / Korotyaev, E.; Saburova, N.
In: Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, Vol. 436, No. No 1, 2016, p. 104–-130.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Effective masses for Laplacians on periodic graphs
AU - Korotyaev, E.
AU - Saburova, N.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - We consider Laplacians on both periodic discrete and periodic metric equilateral graphs. Their spectrum consists of an absolutely continuous part (which is a union of non-degenerate spectral bands) and flat bands, i.e., eigenvalues of infinite multiplicity. We estimate effective masses associated with the ends of each spectral band in terms of geometric parameters of the graphs. Moreover, in the case of the bottom of the spectrum we determine two-sided estimates on the effective mass in terms of geometric parameters of the graphs. The proof is based on Floquet theory, factorization of fiber operators, perturbation theory and the relation between effective masses for Laplacians on discrete and metric graphs obtained in our paper.
AB - We consider Laplacians on both periodic discrete and periodic metric equilateral graphs. Their spectrum consists of an absolutely continuous part (which is a union of non-degenerate spectral bands) and flat bands, i.e., eigenvalues of infinite multiplicity. We estimate effective masses associated with the ends of each spectral band in terms of geometric parameters of the graphs. Moreover, in the case of the bottom of the spectrum we determine two-sided estimates on the effective mass in terms of geometric parameters of the graphs. The proof is based on Floquet theory, factorization of fiber operators, perturbation theory and the relation between effective masses for Laplacians on discrete and metric graphs obtained in our paper.
KW - Effective massesLaplace operatorPeriodic graph
M3 - Article
VL - 436
SP - 104–-130
JO - Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
JF - Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
SN - 0022-247X
IS - No 1
ER -
ID: 7561083