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Localization in one-dimensional relativistic quantum mechanics

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2020-03-10 v1

Abstract

We present the relativistic analogue of Anderson localization in one dimension. We use Dirac equation to calculate the transmission probability for a spin-12\frac{1}{2} particle incident upon a rectangular barrier. Using the transfer matrix formalism, we numerically compute the transmission probability for the case of a large number of identical barriers spread randomly in one dimension. The particular case when the incident particle has three component momentum and shows spin-flip phenomena is also considered. Our calculations suggest that the incident relativistic particle shows localization behaviour similar to that of Anderson localization. A number of results which are generalizations of the non-relativistic case are also obtained.

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@article{arxiv.2003.03958,
  title  = {Localization in one-dimensional relativistic quantum mechanics},
  author = {Abhay Mehta and Sandeep Joshi and Sudhir R. Jain},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.03958},
  year   = {2020}
}

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14 pages, 11 figures

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