A Characterization of State Transfer on Double Subdivided Stars

Abstract

A subdivided star $SK_{1,l}$ is obtained by identifying exactly one pendant vertex from $l$ copies of the path $P_3.$ This study is on the existence of quantum state transfer on double subdivided star $T_{l,m}$ which is a pair of subdivided stars $SK_{1,l}$ and $SK_{1,m}$ joined by an edge to the respective coalescence vertices. Using the Galois group of the characteristic polynomial of $T_{l,m},$ we analyze the linear independence of its eigenvalues which uncovers no perfect state transfer in double subdivided stars when considering the adjacency matrix as the Hamiltonian of corresponding quantum system. Then we establish a complete characterization on double subdivided stars exhibiting pretty good state transfer.