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In the present work, we consider the existence, stability, and dynamics of solitary waves in the nonlinear Dirac equation. We start by introducing the Soler model of self-interacting spinors, and discuss its localized waveforms in one, two,…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2018-12-10 J. Cuevas-Maraver , N. Boussaïd , A. Comech , R. Lan , P. G. Kevrekidis , A. Saxena

In this work we produce a classical Lagrangian description of an elementary spinning particle which satisfies Dirac equation when quantized. We call this particle a classical Dirac particle. We analyze in detail the way we arrive to this…

Classical Physics · Physics 2025-10-21 Juan Barandiaran , Martin Rivas

We establish soliton-like asymptotics for finite energy solutions to the Dirac equation coupled to a relativistic particle. Any solution with initial state close to the solitary manifold, converges in long time limit to a sum of traveling…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-12-15 A. Komech , E. Kopylova , H. Spohn

We derive the node structure of the radial functions which are solutions of the Dirac equation with scalar $S$ and vector $V$ confining central potentials, in the conditions of exact spin or pseudospin symmetry, i.e., when one has $V=\pm…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-15 P. Alberto , A. S. de Castro , M. Malheiro

For any $n$-dimensional compact spin Riemannian manifold $M$ with a given spin structure and a spinor bundle $\Sigma M$, and any compact Riemannian manifold $N$, we show an $\epsilon$-regularity theorem for weakly Dirac-harmonic maps . As a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-02-19 Changyou Wang , Deliang Xu

We analyze the trajectories of a massive particle in one space dimension whose motion is guided by a spin-half wave function that evolves according to the free Dirac equation, with its initial wave function being a Gaussian wave packet with…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-12-29 Kabir Narayanan , Abigail Perryman , A. Shadi Tahvildar-Zadeh

Here we prove the existence and uniqueness of solutions of a class of integral equations describing two Dirac particles in 1+3 dimensions with direct interactions. This class of integral equations arises naturally as a relativistic…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-04-07 Matthias Lienert , Markus Nöth

We consider the asymptotic evolution of a relativistic spin-1/2-particle. i.e. a particle whose wavefunction satisfies the Dirac equation with external static potential. We prove that the probability for the particle crossing a (detector)…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. Duerr , P. Pickl

We obtain analytic solutions for the one-dimensional Dirac equation with the Morse potential as an infinite series of square integrable functions. These solutions are for all energies, the discrete as well as the continuous. The elements of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 A. D. Alhaidari

A relativistic equation is deduced for the bound state of two particles, by assuming a proper boundary condition for the propagation of the negative-energy states. It reduces to the (one-body)Dirac equation in the infinite limit of one of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-09-06 Hitoshi Ito

It is shown that the components of Pryce's spin operator of Dirac's theory are $SU(2)$ generators of a representation carried by the space of Pauli's spinors determining the polarization of the plane wave solutions of Dirac's equation.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-12 Ion I. Cotaescu

Comparison theorems are established for the Dirac and Klein--Gordon equations. We suppose that V^{(1)}(r) and V^{(2)}(r) are two real attractive central potentials in d dimensions that support discrete Dirac eigenvalues E^{(1)}_{k_d\nu} and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Richard L. Hall

We give a simple argument to show that the $n$th wavefunction for the one-dimensional Schr\"odinger equation has $n-1$ nodes. We also show that if $n_1 < n_2$, then between two consecutive zeros of $\psi_{n_1}$, there is a zero of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Moriconi

We consider the Dirac field in polar formulation, showing that when torsion is taken in effective approximation the theory has the thermodynamic properties of a van der Waals gas, that when the limit of zero chiral angle is taken the theory…

General Physics · Physics 2025-06-09 Luca Fabbri

A single Dirac particle is bound in d dimensions by vector V(r) and scalar S(r) central potentials. The spin-symmetric S=V and pseudo-spin-symmetric S = - V cases are studied and it is shown that if two such potentials are ordered V^{(1)}…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-04-30 Richard L. Hall , Ozlem Yesiltas

We prove essential self-adjointness of Dirac operators with Lorentz scalar potentials which grow sufficiently fast near the boundary $\partial\Omega$ of the spatial domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^d$. On the way, we first consider general…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-09-15 Gheorghe Nenciu , Irina Nenciu , Ryan Obermeyer

We consider the pointwise decay of solutions to wave-type equations in two model singular settings. Our main result is a form of Price's law for solutions of the massless Dirac-Coulomb system in (3+1)-dimensions. Using identical techniques,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-23 Dean Baskin , Jesse Gell-Redman , Jeremy L. Marzuola

A Dirac nodal-line phase, as a quantum state of topological materials, usually occur in three-dimensional or at least two-dimensional materials with sufficient symmetry operations that could protect the Dirac band crossings. Here, we report…

The Dirac equation is solved for a pseudoscalar Coulomb potential in a two-dimensional world. An infinite sequence of bounded solutions are obtained. These results are in sharp contrast with those ones obtained in 3+1 dimensions where no…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 Antonio S. de Castro