Spectra of Regular Quantum Trees: Rogue Eigenvalues and Dependence on Vertex Condition

Abstract

We investigate the spectrum of Schrödinger operators on finite regular metric trees through a relation to orthogonal polynomials that provides a graphical perspective. As the Robin vertex parameter tends to $-\infty$, a narrow cluster of finitely many eigenvalues tends to $-\infty$, while the eigenvalues above the cluster remain bounded from below. Certain "rogue" eigenvalues break away from this cluster and tend even faster toward $-\infty$. The spectrum can be visualized as the intersection points of two objects in the plane--a spiral curve depending on the Schrödinger potential, and a set of curves depending on the branching factor, the diameter of the tree, and the Robin parameter.

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