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We investigate bound states of a non-relativistic scalar particle in a three-dimensional helically twisted (torsional) geometry, considering both the free case and the presence of external radial interactions. The dynamics is described by…

When a quantum particle moves in a curved space, a geometric potential can arise. In spite of a long history of extensive theoretical studies, to experimentally observe the geometric potential remains to be a challenge. What are the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-23 Li-Li Ye , Chen-Di Han , Liang Huang , Ying-Cheng Lai

We derive the Schroedinger equation for a spinless charged particle constrained to a curved surface with electric and magnetics fields applied. The particle is confined on the surface using a thin-layer procedure, giving rise to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-04-14 Giulio Ferrari , Giampaolo Cuoghi

In the spirit of the thin-layer quantization approach, we give the formula of the geometric influences of a particle confined to a curved surface embedded in three-dimensional Euclidean space. The geometric contributions can result from the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-11 Yong-Long Wang , Hua Jiang , Hong-Shi Zong

Investigating the geometric effects resulting from the detailed behaviors of the confining potential, we consider square and circular confinements to constrain a particle to a space curve. We find a torsion-induced geometric potential and a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-18 Yong-Long Wang , Meng-Yun Lai , Fan Wang , Hong-Shi Zong , Yan-Feng Chen

Twisted cylindrical tubes are important model systems for nanostructures, heterostructures, and curved quantum devices. In this work, we investigate the quantum behavior of an electron confined to a twisted cylindrical surface. By first…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-07 G. M. Delgado , J. E. G. Silva

We derive an effective Hamiltonian for a quantum system constrained to a submanifold (the constraint manifold) of configuration space (the ambient space) by an infinite restoring force. We pay special attention to how this Hamiltonian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 Kevin A. Mitchell

For a particle confined to the two-dimensional helical surface embedded in four-dimensional (4D) Euclidean space, the effective Hamiltonian is deduced in the thin-layer quantization formalism. We find that the gauge structure of the…

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This paper posits the existence of, and finds a candidate for, a variable change that allows quantum mechanics to be interpreted as quantum geometry. The Bohr model of the Hydrogen atom is thought of in terms of an indeterministic electron…

General Physics · Physics 2019-05-17 Robert L. Navin

We present an exact calculation of the effective geometry-induced quantum potential for a particle confined on a helicoidal ribbon. This potential leads to the appearance of localized states at the rim of the helicoid. In this geometry the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-21 Victor Atanasov , Rossen Dandoloff , Avadh Saxena

We explore the effective long-range interaction of charged particles confined to a curved low-dimensional manifold using the example of a helical geometry. Opposite to the Coulomb interaction in free space the confined particles experience…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 Peter Schmelcher

Constraints play an important role in dynamical systems. However, the subtle effect of constraints in quantum mechanics is not very well studied. In the present work we concentrate on the quantum dynamics of a point particle moving on a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-02-03 Dripto Biswas , Subir Ghosh

We investigate the optical and quantum mechanical properties of a charged spinless particle confined in a two-dimensional quantum ring under the simultaneous influence of a spiral dislocation and an external magnetic field. The dislocation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-01 Hassan Hassanabadi , Kangxian Guo , Liangliang Lu , Edilberto O. Silva

We show that there exist some intimate connections between three unconventional Schr\"odinger equations based on the use of deformed canonical commutation relations, of a position-dependent effective mass or of a curved space, respectively.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 C. Quesne , V. M. Tkachuk

The Schr\"odinger equations for the Coulomb and the Harmonic oscillator potentials are solved in the cosmic-string conical space-time. The spherical harmonics with angular deficit are introduced. The algebraic construction of the harmonic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-31 J. L. A. Coelho , R. L. P. G. Amaral

We calculate the spatial entanglement between two electrons trapped in a nanostructure for a broad class of confinement potentials, including single and double quantum dots, and core-shell quantum dot structures. By using a parametrized…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 S. Abdullah , J. P. Coe , I. D'Amico

We investigate the previously unexplored quantum dynamics of non-relativistic, spinless particles propagating in curved spaces with torsion. Our findings demonstrate that while torsion has been predominantly associated with spin, it can…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-19 Tomoi Koide , Armin van de Venn

The particle in an expanding/contracting 1-dimension box is revisited in action-angle like variables with direct thermodynamic interpretation. An angle dependent potential is proposed accurately describing the mechanical behavior while also…

Classical Physics · Physics 2026-04-01 Adrian Faigon

We present the quantum mechanics problem of the one-dimensional Schroedinger equation with the trigonometric Rosen-Morse potential. This potential is of possible interest to quark physics in so far as it captures the essentials of the QCD…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. B. Compean , M. Kirchbach

Quantum particles confined to surfaces in higher dimensional spaces are acted upon by forces that exist only as a result of the surface geometry and the quantum mechanical nature of the system. The dynamics are particularly rich when…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 P. C. Schuster , R. L. Jaffe
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