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Dirac equation requires $E=mc^2$ energy of resting particle, leading to some $\exp(-iEt/\hbar)$ its evolution - periodic process of $\omega=mc^2/\hbar$ frequency, literally propelled by mass of particle, confirmed experimentally e.g. for…

General Physics · Physics 2025-07-25 Jarek Duda

Inspired by the problem of elastic wave scattering on wrinkled interfaces, we studied the scattering of ballistic electrons on a wrinkled potential energy region. The electron transmission coefficient depends on both wrinkle amplitude and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-04-20 T. L. Mitran , G. A. Nemnes , L. Ion , Daniela Dragoman

The scattering phase shift of an electron transferred through a quantum dot is studied within a model Hamiltonian, accounting for both the electron--electron interaction in the dot and a finite temperature. It is shown that, unlike in an…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 Yuval Oreg , Yuval Gefen

When floating on a two-dimensional (2D) surface of superfluid $^{4}$He, electrons arrange themselves in 2D crystalline structure known as Wigner crystal. In channels, the boundaries interfere the crystalline order and in case of very narrow…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-02-03 A. A. Vasylenko , V. R. Misko

The worldline of a free electron is revealed by applying Dirac's velocity operator to its Dirac wave function whose space-time arguments are expressed in a proper time by a Lorentz transformation. This motion can be decomposed into two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 James L Beck

The study of this paper demonstrates that electron has Dirac delta like internal momentum (u,p_{{\theta}}), going round in a circle of radius equal to half the reduced Compton wavelength of electron with tangential velocity c. The circular…

General Physics · Physics 2016-02-25 Malik Mohammad Asif , Salman Khan

The motion of a conducting electron in a quantum dot with one or several dislocations in the underlying crystal lattice is considered in the continuum picture, where dislocations are represented by torsion of space. The possible effects of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Erik Aurell

A recently proposed model of the Dirac electron, which describes observed properties of the particle correctly, is in the present paper shown to be also able to explain quantum interference by classical probabilities. According to this…

General Physics · Physics 2019-05-01 Arend Niehaus

Channeling and radiation are studied for the relativistic electrons and positrons passing through a Si crystal periodically bent with a small amplitude and a short period. Comprehensive analysis of the channeling process for various bending…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2016-10-27 Andrei V. Korol , Victor G. Bezchastnov , Gennady B. Sushko , Andrey V. Solov'yov

Pair interaction potentials between atoms in a crystal are in general non-monotonic in distance, with a local minimum whose position gives the lattice constant of the crystal. A temporal analogue of this idea of crystal formation is still…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-05-01 Weiyu Wang , Mingjun Feng , Qianjin Ma , Zi Cai , Erwei Li , Guobin Liu

Crystals of repulsively interacting ions in planar traps form hexagonal lattices, which undergo a buckling instability towards a multi-layer structure as the transverse trap frequency is reduced. Numerical and experimental results indicate…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-09-13 Daniel Podolsky , Efrat Shimshoni , Giovanna Morigi , Shmuel Fishman

The wave-structure of moving electrons is analyzed on a fundamental level by employing a modified de Broglie relation. Formalizing the wave-function $\psi$ in real notation yields internal energy components due to mass oscillations. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-02-03 W. A. Hofer

Basic properties of radiation of the atomic chains excited by a channeling particle are considered. Using a very simple two-dimensional model of a crystal lattice we have shown that the main part of this radiation is generated on the…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2012-05-24 V. Epp , M. A. Sosedova

Time crystals appear when systems display a commensurate spontaneous breaking of the discrete time translational invariance imposed by an external periodic drive. No consensus on the definition has been reached as yet, but important aspects…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-01-18 Robin Schäfer , Götz S. Uhrig , Joachim Stolze

A discrete time crystal (DTC) repeats itself with a rigid rhythm, mimicking a ticking clock set by the interplay between its internal structures and an external force. DTCs promise profound applications in precision time-keeping and other…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2020-07-22 Changyuan Lyu , Sayan Choudhury , Chenwei Lv , Yangqian Yan , Qi Zhou

We investigate an oblique spacetime crystal realized by a monoatomic crystal in which a mode of sound propagates. We provide a systematic analysis of the crystal and obtain the corresponding band structure, based on which the electron…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-07-21 Qiang Gao , Qian Niu

A detailed theoretical investigation of the reflection of an atomic de Broglie wave at an evanescent wave mirror is presented. The classical and the semiclassical descriptions of the reflection process are reviewed, and a full…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Henkel , J. -Y. Courtois , R. Kaiser , C. Westbrook , A. Aspect

The paper is intended to clarify operational meaning of mass and time quantities as main characteristics of an atomic clock, which is considered a quantum oscillator in association with the de Broglie wave concept. The specification of the…

Classical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Anatoli Vankov

Monte-Carlo simulation calculation have been performed for 855 MeV electrons channeling in (110) planes of a diamond single crystal. The continuum potential picture has been utilized. Both, the transverse potential and the angular…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-09-14 H. Backe

We theoretically analyse an autonomous clock comprising a nanoelectromechanical system, which undergoes self-oscillations driven by electron tunnelling. The periodic mechanical motion behaves as the clockwork, similar to the swinging of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-06 Oisin Culhane , Michael J. Kewming , Alessandro Silva , John Goold , Mark T. Mitchison