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Electromagnetic and gravitational central-field problems are studied with relativistic quantum mechanics on curved space-time backgrounds. Corrections to the transition current are identified. Analogies of the gravitational and…

General Physics · Physics 2015-02-04 U. D. Jentschura , J. H. Noble , I. Nandori

We derive the equation of matter density perturbations on sub-horizon scales for a general Lagrangian density f(R, phi, X) that is a function of a Ricci scalar R, a scalar field phi and a kinetic term X=-(nabla phi)^2/2. This is useful to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-18 Shinji Tsujikawa

In this paper, we investigate how the fine structure constant, $\alpha$, locally varies in the presence of a static and spherically symmetric gravitational source. The procedure consists in calculating the solution and the energy…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-09-27 V. B. Bezerra , M. S. Cunha , C. R. Muniz , M. O. Tahim , H. S. Vieira

In this work we explore the possibility of quantum bound states in a Schwarzschild gravitational field leveraging the analogy of the elementary derivation of bound states in the Coulomb potential as taught in an undergraduate course in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-05-05 Paul M. Alsing

The quantum field theory describing electric and magnetic charges and revealing a dual symmetry was developed in the Zwanziger formalism. The renormalization group (RG) equations for both fine structure constants - electric $\alpha$ and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 L. V. Laperashvili , H. B. Nielsen

We investigate the quantum motion of a neutral Dirac particle bouncing on a mirror in curved spacetime. We consider different geometries: Rindler, Kasner-Taub and Schwarzschild, and show how to solve the Dirac equation by using geometrical…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Nicolas Boulanger , Fabien Buisseret , Philippe Spindel

We have recently proposed a new action principle for combining Einstein equations and the Dirac equation for a point mass. We used a length scale $L_{CS}$, dubbed the Compton-Schwarzschild length, to which the Compton wavelength and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-03-16 Tejinder P. Singh

The Hamiltonian formulation of general relativity (GR) is considered in finite space-time and a specific frame of reference given by the diffeo-invariant components of the Fock simplex in terms of the Dirac -- ADM variables. The evolution…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 B. M. Barbashov , V. N. Pervushin , A. F. Zakharov , V. A. Zinchuk

We presented a new physical model that links the maximum speed of light with the minimal Planck scale into a maximal-acceleration Relativity principle in the spacetime tangent bundle and in phase spaces (cotangent bundle). The maximal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Carlos Castro

The Schr\"odinger-Newton equation is a proposed model to explain the localization of macroscopic particles by suppressing quantum dispersion with the particle's own gravitational attraction. On cosmic scales, however, dark energy also acts…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-04-01 Kelvin , Kelvin Onggadinata , Matthew J. Lake , Tomasz Paterek

In this paper, we have solved the de Sitter special relativistic ($\mathcal{SR}_{cR}$-) Dirac equation of hydrogen in the earth-QSO(quasar) framework reference by means of the adiabatic approach. The aspects of geometry effects of de Sitter…

General Physics · Physics 2009-11-21 Mu-Lin Yan

This work investigates in which form quantities with Planck dimensions occur already in the common quantum theory with local Lorentz symmetry. Since such Planck quantities as Planck length or Planck mass involve the Planck constant h, the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-02-09 Rainer Collier

Gravitational interaction unavoidably influences atoms and their electromagnetic radiation field in strong gravitational fields. Theoretical description of such effects using the curved metric of general relativity is limited due to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-30 Mikko Partanen , Jukka Tulkki

We examine the nonperturbative effect of maximum momentum on the relativistic wave equations. In momentum representation, we obtain the exact eigen-energies and wavefunctions of one-dimensional Klein-Gordon and Dirac equation with linear…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-17 Chee Leong Ching , Wei Khim Ng

We formulate the Dirac equation for a massive neutral spin-half particle on a rotating black hole spacetime, and we consider its (quasi)bound states: gravitationally-trapped modes which are regular across the future event horizon. These…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-11-13 Sam R Dolan , David Dempsey

The coupling of antimatter to gravity is of general interest because of conceivable cosmological consequences ("surprises") related to dark energy and the cosmological constant. Here, we revisit the derivation of the gravitationally coupled…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-01-04 U. D. Jentschura

We investigate how the universal constants, including the fine structure constant, have varied since the early universe close to the Planck energy scale ($E_P\sim 10^{19}$GeV) and, thus, how they have evoluted over the cosmological time…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-02-11 Cláudio Nassif , A. C. Amaro de Faria

We investigate the spin-1/2 relativistic quantum dynamics in the curved space-time generated by a central massive charged object (black hole). This necessitates a study of the coupling of a Dirac particle to the Reissner-Nordstrom…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-04-01 J. H. Noble , U. D. Jentschura

We present a method to introduce relativistic corrections including linear dark energy perturbations in Horndeski theory into Newtonian simulations based on the N-body gauge approach. We assume that standard matter species (cold dark…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-20 Guilherme Brando , Kazuya Koyama , David Wands

We derive the equation of matter density perturbations on sub-horizon scales around a flat Friedmann-Lema\^\i tre-Robertson-Walker background for the general Lagrangian density $f(R,\GB)$ that is a function of a Ricci scalar $R$ and a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-13 Antonio De Felice , Teruaki Suyama
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