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In this paper, we revisit the connection between the Riemann-Roch theorem and the zero energy solutions of the two-dimensional Dirac equation in the presence of a delta-function like magnetic field. Our main result is the resolution of a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-11-23 Geoffrey Lee

We consider a static, spherically symmetric system of a Dirac particle in a classical gravitational and SU(2) Yang-Mills field. We prove that the only black-hole solutions of the corresponding Einstein-Dirac-Yang/Mills equations are the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-01-28 Felix Finster , Joel Smoller , Shing-Tung Yau

In this paper, we determine the relativistic and nonrelativistic energy levels for Dirac fermions in a spinning conical G\"odel-type spacetime in $(2+1)$-dimensions, where we work with the curved Dirac equation in polar coordinates and we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-23 R. R. S. Oliveira

We consider the Dirac equations in static spherically-symmetric space-times, and we present a type of spinor field whose structure allows the separation of elevation angle and radial coordinate in very general situations. We demonstrate…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-05-14 Roberto Cianci , Stefano Vignolo , Luca Fabbri

Exact solutions of the Dirac equation, a system of four partial differential equations, are rare. The vast majority of them are for highly symmetric stationary systems. Moreover, only a handful of solutions for time dependent dynamics…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-24 Andre G. Campos , Karen Z. Hatsagortsyan , Christoph H. Keitel

This work presents the formalism for evaluating molecular SCF equations, as adapted to four$-$component Dirac spinors, which in turn reduce to Slater$-$type orbitals with non$-$integer principal quantum numbers in the non$-$relativistic…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2019-12-10 A. Bagci

The equations of state of spin-polarized nuclear matter and pure neutron matter are studied in the framework of the Brueckner-Hartree-Fock theory including a three-body force. The energy per nucleon $E_A(\delta)$ calculated in the full…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-01-17 W. Zuo , U. Lombardo , C. W. Shen

This paper studies spinor two-point functions for spin-1/2 and spin-3/2 fields in maximally symmetric spaces such as de Sitter spacetime, by using intrinsic geometric objects. The Feynman, positive- and negative-frequency Green functions…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-01-07 Giampiero Esposito , Raju Roychowdhury

Some new expressions are found, concerning the effective action as a regularized path-integral for Dirac's spinors in {\it 3+1} dimensions, in the presence of general uniform (i.e., constant and homogeneous) electric and magnetic fields.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Roberto Soldati , Lorenzo Sorbo

The simplest, algebraic quantum-electrodynamical corrections, due to the double-negative energy subspace and instantaneous interactions, are computed to the no-pair energy of two-spin-1/2-fermion systems. Numerical results are reported for…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-12-09 Péter Jeszenszki , Edit Mátyus

Lanczos's quaternionic interpretation of Dirac's equation provides a unified description for all elementary particles of spin 0, 1/2, 1, and 3/2. The Lagrangian formulation given by Einstein and Mayer in 1933 predicts two main classes of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-10-18 Andre Gsponer , Jean-Pierre Hurni

The Dirac-Coulomb equation with positive-energy projection is solved using explicitly correlated Gaussian functions. The algorithm and computational procedure aims for a parts-per-billion convergence of the energy to provide a starting…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2022-03-14 Péter Jeszenszki , Dávid Ferenc , Edit Mátyus

Approximate analytical solutions of the Dirac equation are obtained for some diatomic molecular potentials plus a tensor interaction with spin and pseudospin symmetries with any angular momentum. We find the energy eigenvalue equations in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Huseyin Akcay , Ramazan Sever

We rewrite the standard 4-dimensional Dirac equation in terms of quaternionic 2-component spinors, leading to a formalism which treats both massive and massless particles on an equal footing. The resulting unified description has the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Tevian Dray , Corinne A. Manogue

Based on experimental evidences supporting the hypothesis that neutrinos might be tachyonic fermions, a new Dirac-type equation is proposed and a spin-1/2 tachyonic quantum theory is developed. The new Dirac-type equation provides a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Tsao Chang

We consider the defocusing nonlinear wave equation $u_{tt}-\Delta u + |u|^p u=0$ in the energy-supercritical regime p>4. For even values of the power p, we show that blowup (or failure to scatter) must be accompanied by blowup of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-01-13 Rowan Killip , Monica Visan

For a spin-1/2 particle moving in a background magnetic field in noncommutative phase space, Dirac equation is solved when the particle is allowed to move off the plane that the magnetic field is perpendicular to. It is shown that the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 Mai-Lin Liang , Ya-Bin Zhang , Rui-Lin Yang , Fu-Lin Zhang

This article studies a class of Dirac operators of the form $D_\varepsilon= D+\varepsilon^{-1}\mathcal A$, where $\mathcal A$ is a zeroth order perturbation vanishing on a subbundle. When $\mathcal A$ satisfies certain additional…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-07-04 Gregory J. Parker

The Klein-Gordon and the Dirac equations with vector and scalar potentials are investigated under a more general condition, $V_{v}=V_{s} + \mathrm{const.}$ These isospectral problems are solved in a case of squared trigonometric potential…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Luis B. Castro , Antonio S. de Castro

We prove strictly that one dimension spin 1/2 Heisenberg model has a symmetry of energy spectrum between its subspace $n$ and the subspace $L-n$ of the Fock space. Our proof is completed by introducing two general quantum operations. One is…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-11 An Min Wang , Rengui Zhu