Cantor and band spectra for periodic Quantum graphs with magnetic fields

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 269, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-105

  Brüning, Jochen ^a   Geyler, Vladimir ^b   Pankrashkin, Konstantin ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b OGAREV MORDOVIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 33751120384     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: 14320916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-006-0050-0     Document Type: Article

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