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Quantum phase transitions of the Dirac oscillator in a minimal length scenario

Quantum Physics 2015-06-23 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We obtain exact solutions of the (2+1) dimensional Dirac oscillator in a homogeneous magnetic field within a minimal length (Δx0=β\Delta x_0=\hbar \sqrt{\beta}), or generalised uncertainty principle (GUP) scenario. This system in ordinary quantum mechanics has a single left-right chiral quantum phase transition (QPT). We show that a non zero minimal length turns on a infinite number of quantum phase transitions which accumulate towards the known QPT when β0\beta \to 0. It is also shown that the presence of the minimal length modifies the degeneracy of the states and that in this case there exist a new class of states which do not survive in the ordinary quantum mechanics limit β0\beta \to 0.

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@article{arxiv.1411.5278,
  title  = {Quantum phase transitions of the Dirac oscillator in a minimal length scenario},
  author = {L. Menculini and O. Panella and P. Roy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.5278},
  year   = {2015}
}

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7 pages, 1 figure