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Dirac Cat States in Relativistic Landau Levels

Quantum Physics 2015-05-13 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We show that a relativistic version of Schrodinger cat states, here called Dirac cat states, can be built in relativistic Landau levels when an external magnetic field couples to a relativistic spin 1/2 charged particle. Under suitable initial conditions, the associated Dirac equation produces unitarily Dirac cat states involving the orbital quanta of the particle in a well defined mesoscopic regime. We demonstrate that the proposed Dirac cat states have a purely relativistic origin and cease to exist in the non-relativistic limit. In this manner, we expect to open relativistic quantum mechanics to the rich structures of quantum optics and quantum information.

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@article{arxiv.0706.3329,
  title  = {Dirac Cat States in Relativistic Landau Levels},
  author = {A. Bermudez and M. A. Martin-Delgado and E. Solano},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0706.3329},
  year   = {2015}
}

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