A Spinning Particle in a Mobius Strip
Quantum Physics
2011-03-01 v1 Other Condensed Matter
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We develop the classical and quantum theory of a spinning particle moving in a Mobius strip. We first propose a Lagrangian for such a system and then we proceed to quantize the system via the constraint Hamiltonian system formalism. Our results may be of particular interest in several physical scenarios, including solid state physics and optics. In fact, the present work may shed some new light on the recent discoveries on condensed matter concerning topological insulators.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1102.5748,
title = {A Spinning Particle in a Mobius Strip},
author = {J. A. Nieto and R. Perez-Enriquez},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.5748},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
16 pages, Latex, 2 figures