Hydrogen atom in the gravitational fields of topological defects
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
We consider a hydrogen atom in the background spacetimes generated by an infinitely thin cosmic string and by a point-like global monopole. In both cases, we find the solutions of the corresponding Dirac equations and we determine the energy levels of the atom. We investigate how the geometric and topological features of these spacetimes leads to shifts in the energy levels as compared with the flat Minkowski spacetime.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0209030,
title = {Hydrogen atom in the gravitational fields of topological defects},
author = {Geusa de A. Marques and V. B. Bezerra},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0209030},
year = {2009}
}
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17 pages, LATEX file