Dirac oscillator interacting with a topological defect

J. Carvalho, C. Furtado, and F. Moraes
Phys. Rev. A 84, 032109 – Published 14 September 2011

Abstract

In this work we study the interaction problem of a Dirac oscillator with gravitational fields produced by topological defects. The energy levels of the relativistic oscillator in the cosmic string and in the cosmic dislocation space-times are sensible to curvature and torsion associated to these defects and are important evidence of the influence of the topology on this system. In the presence of a localized magnetic field the energy levels acquire a term associated with the Aharonov-Bohm effect. We obtain the eigenfunctions and eigenvalues and see that in the nonrelativistic limit some results known in standard quantum mechanics are reached.

  • Received 11 April 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.84.032109

©2011 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

J. Carvalho

  • Unidade Acadêmica de Tecnologia de Alimentos, CCTA, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Pereiros, 58840-000, Pombal, Paraíba, Brazil

C. Furtado and F. Moraes

  • Departamento de Física, CCEN, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Cidade Universitária, 58051-970 João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil

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Vol. 84, Iss. 3 — September 2011

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