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Quantum Scattering on a Cone revisited

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2017-08-02 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We revisit the scattering of quantum test particles on the conical (2+1)(2+1)-dimensional spacetime and find the scatteting amplitude as a function of the boundary conditions imposed at the appex of the cone. We show that the boundary condition is responsible for a purely analytical term in the scattering amplitude, in addition to those coming from purely topological effects. Since it is possible to have non-equivalent physical evolutions for the wave packet (each one corresponding to a different boundary condition), it seems crucial to have an observable quantity specifying which evolution has been prescribed.

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@article{arxiv.1706.05318,
  title  = {Quantum Scattering on a Cone revisited},
  author = {V. S. Barroso and J. P. M. Pitelli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.05318},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

6 pages, 2 figures. To appear in Phys Rev D

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