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We consider perturbations of Dirac type operators on complete, connected metric spaces equipped with a doubling measure. Under a suitable set of assumptions, we prove quadratic estimates for such operators and hence deduce that these…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2014-01-23 Lashi Bandara

We investigate the spectral consequences of the uniquely determined Hermitian ordering of the Dirac Hamiltonian with spatially varying mass. In contrast to the nonrelativistic case, where continuous families of admissible prescriptions…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-15 C. A. S. Almeida

We discuss some aspects of the approach of the mass parameters by means of the simple cranking model. In particular, it is well known that the numerical application of this formula is often subject to ambiguities or contradictions. It is…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-04 B. Mohammed-Azizi

The ambiguity involved in the definition of effective-mass Hamiltonians for nonrelativistic models is resolved using the Dirac equation. The multistep approximation is extended for relativistic cases allowing the treatment of arbitrary…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 R. Renan , M. H. Pacheco , C. A. S. Almeida

When studying Dirac operators, it is well known that the phenomenon of Zitterbewegung leads to a lack of convexity of the variance, which creates difficulties in the analysis of dispersive properties. In particular, standard virial methods…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-25 Lucrezia Cossetti , Luca Fanelli , Fabio Pizzichillo

We turn back to the well known problem of interpretation of the Schrodinger operator with the pseudopotential being the first derivative of the Dirac function. We show that the problem in its conventional formulation contains hidden…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2011-06-08 Yuriy D. Golovaty , Stepan S. Man'ko

All known solutions of the Dirac equation describing states of electrons endowed with angular momentum are very far from our notion of the electron as a spinning charged bullet because they are not localized in the direction of propagation.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-17 Iwo Bialynicki-Birula , Zofia Bialynicka-Birula

Spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking, mesons and baryons are illustrated in the language of the Dirac theory. Various forces acting between quarks inside baryons are discussed. I explain why the naive quark models typically overestimate…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-08-23 Dmitri Diakonov

A simple and reliable finite difference approach is presented for solution of the Dirac equation eigenproblem for states confined in rotationally symmetric systems. The method sets the boundary condition for the spinor wave function…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-08 B. Szafran , A. Mrenca-Kolasinska , D. Zebrowski

The aim of this work is to derive a priori error estimates for finite element discretizations of control--constrained optimal control problems that involve the Stokes system and Dirac measures. The first problem entails the minimization of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-04-29 Francisco Fuica , Enrique Otarola , Daniel Quero

We compute by Monte Carlo methods the individual distributions of the $k$th smallest Dirac operator eigenvalues in QCD, and compare them with recent analytical predictions. We do this for both massless and massive quarks in an SU(3) gauge…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2009-10-31 P. H. Damgaard , U. M. Heller , R. Niclasen , K. Rummukainen

The single-particle spectrum of deformed shell-model states in nuclei, is shown to exhibit a supersymmetric pattern. The latter involves deformed pseudospin doublets and intruder levels. The underlying supersymmetry is associated with the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-02-18 A. Leviatan

We study spectral properties of a one-dimensional Dirac equation with various disorder. We use replicas to calculate the exact density of state and typical localization length of a Dirac particle in several cases. We show that they can be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Bocquet

It is proposed that the Dirac equation, as normally interpreted, incorporates intrinsic redundancies whose removal necessarily leads to an enormous gain in calculating power and physical interpretation. Streamlined versions of the Dirac…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Peter Rowlands

The importance of the spectral density of the Dirac operator in studying spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking and anomalous U(1) axial symmetry breaking are reviewed. It is shown that both types of symmetry breaking can be traced to effects…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Thomas D. Cohen

Delays are ubiquitous in applied problems, but often do not arise as the simple constant discrete delays that analysts and numerical analysts like to treat. In this chapter we show how state-dependent delays arise naturally when modeling…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-11-11 A. R. Humphries , A. S. Eremin , Z. Wang

The spin-orbit splitting in heavy-light mesons is seen to be suppressed experimentally. It is shown that it can be understood qualitatively in the frame work of Dirac theory. An alternative derivation of a relativistic dynamical symmetry…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-30 Riazuddin , Sidra Shafiq

The use of Slater-type spinor orbitals in algebraic solution of the Dirac equation is investigated. The one- and two-center integrals constitute the matrix elements arising in generalized eigenvalue equation for one-electron atoms and…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-07-13 A. Bagci , P. E. Hoggan

The Dirac oscillator is an exactly soluble model recently introduced in the context of many particle models in relativistic quantum mechanics. The model has been also considered as an interaction term for modelling quark confinement in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-15 R. P. Martínez-y-Romero , H. N. Núñez-Yépez , A. L. Salas-Brito

A new method for solving the time-dependent two-center Dirac equation is developed. The time-dependent Dirac wave function is represented as a sum of atomic-like Dirac-Sturm orbitals, localized at the ions. The atomic orbitals are obtained…