Spectral properties and bound states of the Dirac equation on periodic quantum graphs

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Main Authors: Yang, Zhipeng, Zhu, Ling
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Published: 2026
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author Yang, Zhipeng
Zhu, Ling
author_facet Yang, Zhipeng
Zhu, Ling
contents We investigate nonlinear Dirac equations on a periodic quantum graph $G$ and develop a variational approach to the existence and multiplicity of bound states. After introducing the Dirac operator on $G$ with a $\mathbb Z^{d}$-periodic potential, we describe its spectral decomposition and work in the natural energy space. Under asymptotically linear or superquadratic assumptions on the nonlinearity, we establish the required linking geometry and a Cerami-type compactness property modulo $\mathbb Z^{d}$-translations. As a consequence, we prove the existence of at least one bound state and, when the nonlinearity is even, infinitely many geometrically distinct bound states.
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spellingShingle Spectral properties and bound states of the Dirac equation on periodic quantum graphs
Yang, Zhipeng
Zhu, Ling
Analysis of PDEs
35R02, 35Q41, 81Q35
We investigate nonlinear Dirac equations on a periodic quantum graph $G$ and develop a variational approach to the existence and multiplicity of bound states. After introducing the Dirac operator on $G$ with a $\mathbb Z^{d}$-periodic potential, we describe its spectral decomposition and work in the natural energy space. Under asymptotically linear or superquadratic assumptions on the nonlinearity, we establish the required linking geometry and a Cerami-type compactness property modulo $\mathbb Z^{d}$-translations. As a consequence, we prove the existence of at least one bound state and, when the nonlinearity is even, infinitely many geometrically distinct bound states.
title Spectral properties and bound states of the Dirac equation on periodic quantum graphs
topic Analysis of PDEs
35R02, 35Q41, 81Q35
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.22603