Dispersion for Schrödinger operators on regular trees

Abstract

We prove dispersive estimates for two models~: the adjacency matrix on a discrete regular tree, and the Schrödinger equation on a metric regular tree with the same potential on each edge/vertex. The latter model can be thought of as an extension of the case of periodic Schrödinger operators on the real line. We establish a $t^{-3/2}$-decay for both models which is sharp, as we give the first-order asymptotics.

To appear in Analysis and Mathematical Physics