Quantum graph approximations of thin branching structures
IAMCS-KAUST Speaker Seminar
April 8, 2009
4:00
Dr. Olaf Post
Abstract
Many physical systems have branching structure of thin transversal diameter. One can name for instance quantum wire circuits, thin branching waveguides, or carbon nano-structures. In applications, such systems are often approximated by the underlying one-dimensional graph structure, a so-called “quantum graph”. In this way, many properties of the system like conductance can be calculated easier (sometimes even explicitly). After briefly explaining the notion of a quantum graph, we show that the system with thin transversal diameter converges to a quantum graph. We also identify which vertex couplings (which influence the current through the graph) can be obtained by appropriate engineering of the branching structure.