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The Dirac equation is one of the most fundamental equations of modern physics. It is a spinor equation, but some tensor equivalents of the equation were proposed previously. Those equivalents were either nonlinear or involved several…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-21 Andrey Akhmeteli

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

In his analysis of the Classical Theory of Radiating Electrons, Dirac (1938) draws attention to the characteristic instability of solutions to the third order equation of motion. He remarks that changing the sign of the self-force…

General Physics · Physics 2016-09-30 M. A. Oliver

The Dirac equation is used to provide a relativistic calculation of the binding energy of a hydrogen-like atom confined within a penetrable spherical barrier. We take the potential to be Coulombic within the barrier and constant outside the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2023-02-08 J. M. Noon

We study the $(1+1)$ dimensional generalized Dirac oscillator with a position-dependent mass. In particular, bound states with zero energy as well as non zero energy have been obtained for suitable choices of the mass function/oscillator…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-30 C. -L. Ho , P. Roy

The virial and the Hellmann--Feynman theorems for massless Dirac electrons in a solid are derived and analyzed using generalized continuity equations and scaling transformations. Boundary conditions imposed on the wave function in a finite…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-18 Alexey A. Sokolik , Andrey D. Zabolotskiy , Yurii E. Lozovik

The dynamics of a light fermion bound to a heavy one is expected to be described by the Dirac equation with an external potential. The potential breaks translation invariance, whereas the bound state momentum is well defined. Boosting the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-01-29 Paul Hoyer

A relativistic equation is proposed for the bound state of two particles, which is in accord with the boundary condition for the propagation of the negative-energy states and reduces to the (one-body)Dirac equation in the infinite limit of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-02-03 Hitoshi Ito

The virial theorem is applied to graphene and other Dirac Materials for systems close to the Dirac points where the dispersion relation is linear. From this, we find the exact form for the total energy given by $E = \mathcal{B}/r_s$ where…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-06-29 J. Dustan Stokes , Hari P. Dahal , Alexander V. Balatsky , Kevin S. Bedell

We develop a relativistic model to describe the bound states of positive energy and negative energy in finite nuclei at the same time. Instead of searching for the negative-energy solution of the nucleon's Dirac equation, we solve the Dirac…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-08-15 G. Mao , H. Stöcker , W. Greiner

In the light of the Sturm-Liouville theorem, the Levinson theorem for the Schr\"{o}dinger equation with both local and non-local cylindrically symmetric potentials is studied. It is proved that the two-dimensional Levinson theorem holds for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Shi-Hai dong , Xi-Wen Hou , Zhong-Qi Ma

In the context of some deformed canonical commutation relations leading to isotropic nonzero minimal uncertainties in the position coordinates, a Dirac equation is exactly solved for the first time, namely that corresponding to the Dirac…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. Quesne , V. M. Tkachuk

The variable-phase approach is applied to scattering and bound states in an attractive Coulomb potential, statically screened by a two-dimensional (2D) electron gas. A 2D formulation of Levinson's theorem is used for bound-state counting…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-30 M. E. Portnoi , I. Galbraith

For physical systems described by smooth, finite-range and confining microscopic interaction potentials V with continuously varying coordinates, we announce and outline the proof of a theorem that establishes that unless the equipotential…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Roberto Franzosi , Marco Pettini

The positive mass theorem in general relativity states that in an asymptotically flat spacetime, if the momentum--energy tensor is divergence-free and satisfies a dominant energy condition, then a total momentum--energy four-vector can be…

General Physics · Physics 2021-11-17 Changbiao Wang

The quantization of the energy in a magnetic field (Landau quantization) at a three-quarter Dirac point is studied theoretically. The three-quarter Dirac point is realized in the system of massless Dirac fermions with the critically tilted…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-01-28 Yasumasa Hasegawa , Keita Kishigi

We introduce a new term into the Dirac equation based on the Lorentz symmetry violation background in order to make a theoretical description of the relativistic quantum dynamics of a spin-half neutral particle, where the wave function of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-06-12 K. Bakke , H. Belich

We attempt to shed light on the following question: What happens to the negative energy states when we take the non-relativistic limit of the Dirac equation? The Levy-Leblond equation is the non-relativistic limit of the Dirac equation and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-09-12 Muhammad Adeel Ajaib

Based on unified theory of electromagnetic interactions and gravitational interactions, the non-relativistic limit of the equation of motion of a charged Dirac particle in gravitational field is studied. From the Schrodinger equation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Ning Wu

It is proposed to make formulation of second quantizing a bosonic theory by generalizing the method of filling the Dirac negative energy sea for fermions. We interpret that the correct vacuum for the bosonic theory is obtained by adding…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-06 Holger B. Nielsen , Masao Ninomiya