Quantum mechanics on graphs

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, , Citation J Gratus et al 1994 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 27 6881 DOI 10.1088/0305-4470/27/20/023

0305-4470/27/20/6881

Abstract

We analyse the problem of one-dimensional quantum mechanics on arbitrary graphs as idealized models for quantum systems on spaces with non-trivial topologies. In particular we argue that such models can be made to accommodate the physical characteristics of wavefunctions on a network of wires and offer several derivations of a particular junction condition. Throughout we adopt a continuity condition for the wavefunction at each primitive node in the network. Results are applied to the problem of the energy spectrum of a system containing one and infinitely many junctions.

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10.1088/0305-4470/27/20/023