Dirac Oscillator Interacting With A Topological Defect: 10.1103/physreva.84.032109
Dirac Oscillator Interacting With A Topological Defect: 10.1103/physreva.84.032109
Dirac Oscillator Interacting With A Topological Defect: 10.1103/physreva.84.032109
2
d
2
+dz
2
, (2)
with the following range on variables < (t,z) < , 0
< , and 0 2. The parameter is the decit angle
associated with the conical geometry obeying = 1 4and
is the linear mass density of the string in natural units.
The equation to be solved is the Dirac equation in the
background described by Eq. (2), which written in covariant
form is
[i
(x)
(x)
(x)
= 2g
and are
written in terms of the standard Dirac matrices
a
(x) in
Minkowski space-time as
(x) = e
a
(x)
a
. (4)
The tetrad components e
a
(x)e
b
(x)
ab
= 2g
, (5)
where (,) = (0,1,2,3) are tensor indices and (a,b) =
(0,1,2,3) are tetrad indices. We consider the following choice
for the tetrad inverse in the cosmic string space-time
e
a
(x) =
1 0 0 0
0 cos sin 0
0
sin
cos
0
0 0 0 1
. (6)
In this representation the Diracs matrices,
0
=
t
,
3
=
z
,
1
=
= cos
1
+sin
2
,
(7)
2
=
= sin
1
+cos
2
.
The correction introduced by the geometry,
(x)
(x)
appearing in Eq. (3), can be calculated with the help of the
following one-form basis
e
0
= dt, e
3
= dz, e
1
= cos d sin d,
(8)
e
2
= sin d + cos d.
Using the Maurer-Cartan structure equation de
a
+w
a
b
e
b
=
0, we nd the following nonnull components of the spin
connection to be w
1 2
= w
2 1
= (1 )d. Therefore, the
spin connection matrix
ab
= w
ab
dx
is given by
ab
(x) =
0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0
0 (1 ) 0 0
0 0 0 0
. (9)
Hence, we can calculate the spinorial connection using
(x) =
i
2
w
ab
ab
2
with
ab
=
i
2
[
a
,
b
]. Using this infor-
mation and the results (7) and (9), we obtain that the curvature
correction is
(x)
(x) =
1
2
. (10)
In this point, we can solve the Dirac oscillator problem in the
cosmic string background. To include the Dirac oscillator term
imw into Eq. (3) we proceed with the following change in
the radial momentum component
+mw. There-
fore, Eq. (3), with the help of Eqs. (7) and (10) transforms
into
_
i
t
t
+i
1
2
+mw
_
+i
+i
z
z
m
_
= 0, (11)
This is the quantum equation for the Dirac oscillator of mass
m and frequency w in the background space-time described
by Eq. (2). A solution can be constructed assuming temporal
independence and rotational symmetry of the background
around z axis. For the positive energy solution we can choose
the following ansatz
= e
iEt +i(l+1/2
3
/2)+ikz
_
()
()
_
. (12)
In this way, Eq. (13) transforms into
_
2
E +i
+
1
2
+mw
_
l +1/2
z
k m
__
_
= 0, (13)
where we use the property
3
= i
imposed by relation (7). With the help of Eq. (7) we write the terms
in the following
way
= cos
_
0
1
1
0
_
+sin
_
0
2
2
0
_
;
= cos
_
0
1
1
0
_
+sin
_
0
2
2
0
_
;
(14)
=
_
0
0
_
;
= sin
_
0
1
1
0
_
+cos
_
0
2
2
0
_
;
z
=
_
0
3
3
0
_
.
With these matrices Eq. (13) can be written as the two coupled equations below
(E m) +
__
i(cos
1
+sin
2
)
_
+
1
2
mw
_
(sin
1
+cos
2
) k
3
__
= 0,
(15)
(E +m)+
__
i(cos
1
+sin
2
)
_
+
1
2
+mw
_
(sin
1
+cos
2
) k
3
__
= 0.
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We can multiply the rst equation of Eq. (15) by (E +m) and using the second equation we obtain
(E
2
m
2
)
_
i(cos
1
+sin
2
)
_
+
1
2
mw
_
(sin
1
+cos
2
) k
3
_
_
i(cos
1
+sin
2
)
_
+
1
2
+mw
_
(sin
1
+cos
2
) k
3
_
= 0. (16)
An analog equation for can be written as
(E
2
m
2
)
_
i(cos
1
+sin
2
)
_
+
1
2
+mw
_
(sin
1
+cos
2
) k
3
_
_
i(cos
1
+sin
2
)
_
+
1
2
mw
_
(sin
1
+cos
2
) k
3
_
= 0. (17)
After simple algebraic manipulations we arrive at
() +
()
2
_
1
4
+i
1
2
+
2
_
m
2
w
2
2
()
+ (E
2
m
2
+mw k
2
)() 2mw[i
1
2
+ik( cos
1
3
+ sin
2
3
)]() = 0. (18)
The third term in this expression can be written as a perfect
square. To the last term, we use the denition of the scalar
product
S
L in cylindrical coordinates. We get then
[i
1
2
+ik( cos
1
3
+ sin
2
3
)] =
L.
(19)
As
S =
2
the above term becomes
[i
1
2
+ik( cos
1
3
+ sin
2
3
)] = 2
S
L.
(20)
We can simplify our problem by assuming a tridimensional
planar system in which the term
S
L has an eigenvalue (l +
1/2)/2. With this we can write Eq. (18) in a compact form
d
2
d
2
+
1
d
d
_
1
2
_
l +1/2
1
2
_
2
+m
2
w
2
_
= 0,
(21)
with the term given by
= E
2
m
2
+2mw
_
l +1/2
+
1
2
_
k
2
. (22)
An analog equation can be found for . In summary, we have
the set of two decoupled differential equations to solve
_
d
2
d
2
+
1
d
d
2
+m
2
w
2
___
_
= 0,
(23)
with
=
l +1/2
1
2
,
(24)
e
= E
2
m
2
+2mw
_
l +1/2
1
2
_
k
2
.
The aim now is to solve Eq. (23). The equation for the
component can be transformed by the variable change
= mw
2
resulting in
() +
1
()
_
2
+
4
2
+
1
4
4mw
_
() = 0, (25)
with
+
= (l +1/2)/ +1/2. The requirements of niteness
at the origin and at innity are obtained by studying the
appropriate limits. This leads us to the following ansatz
() =
|
+
|
2
e
2
F(). (26)
With this, Eq. (25) is transformed into the equation
F
() + (|
+
| +1 )F
()
_
|
+
|
2
+
1
2
4mw
_
F() = 0, (27)
which is of the conuent hypergeometric function type
F
() +(c +1 )F
l +1/2(1 )
2
_
l +1/2(1 )
2
_
+
1 s
2
_
+k
2
, (28)
with n = 0,1,2, . . . , l = 0,1,2, . . . , and s = 1. The
eigenfunctions to our problem are described by
= e
iEt +i(l+1/2
3
/2)+ikz
_
()
()
_
, (29)
with the up (+) and down () spinor components written in
terms of hypergeometric conuent functions as below
_
()
()
_
= (mw)
|
|
2
|
e
mw
2
2
F
_
n, |
| +1, mw
2
_
.
(30)
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Note that taking the limit 1 into Eq. (28) leads to
the energy levels of the particle in at space added by its
rest energy. Moreover, for integer values of , the innite
degeneracy of the eigenvalues is present, in accordance with
the degenerate states of the nonrelativistic case. For noninteger
values the degeneracies are absent.
III. DIRAC OSCILLATOR IN THE MAGNETIC COSMIC
STRING BACKGROUND
In this section, the Dirac equation in the background of a
cosmic string with an internal magnetic eld will be solved.
We choose the magnetic vector potential to be
A
= i
B
2
e
.
This choice gives a ux tube coinciding with the cosmic string
and the z axis. We assume that the Hamiltonian is minimally
coupled to this magnetic eld. In this eld conguration, the
Dirac oscillator coupled to the cosmic string background obeys
_
i
t
t
+i
1
2
+mw
_
+i
+i
e
B
2
_
+i
z
z
m
_ _
_
= 0.
(31)
Using Eq. (12) the above equation transforms into
_
2
E +i
+
1
2
+mw
_
l +1/2 +e
B
/2
z
k m
_ _
_
= 0.
(32)
With Eq. (14), we obtain
_
d
2
d
2
+
1
d
d
_
a
2
2
+
2
___
_
= 0, (33)
with = mw. Now, the terms a
and
=
l +1/2 +e
B
/2
1
2
,
= E
2
m
2
k
2
(34)
+2mw
_
l +1/2 +e
B
/2
1
2
_
.
In this way the angular termis added to the Aharonov-Bohm
contribution e
B
/2. A mathematical procedure to solve the
equation for the component begins with the substitution
=
2
. At the origin and at innity, normalized solutions
are found by choosing
() =
|a
+
|
2
e
2
F(), (35)
and a
+
= (l +1/2 +e
B
/2)/ +1/2. By direct substitu-
tion of this equation into Eq. (33) we get
F
() +(|a
+
| +1 )F
()
_
|a
+
|
2
+
1
2
4m
_
F() = 0, (36)
which is, again, a conuent hypergeometric equation similar
to the one in the previous section. Here the angular momentum
part is added by the magnetic ux contribution e
B
/2.
Normalized solutions to this equation are guaranteed by
imposing that the last termshould assume only negative integer
or zero values. This results in
|a
+
|
2
+
1
2
4mw
= n. (37)
This procedure allows us to determine the energy eigenvalues
associated with the Dirac oscillator as
E
2
= m
2
+4mw
_
n +
l
AB
+1/2(1 )
2
_
l
AB
+1/2(1 )
2
_
+
1 s
2
_
+k
2
, (38)
with l
AB
= l +e
B
/2 and which has two contributions.
The rst is related to the nonlocal or topological features
of the background space-times ascribed by the parameter,
although the background space-time is locally at. The second
features the electromagnetic contribution to these levels, even
though the magnetic eld is restricted to the symmetry axis
of the string, a forbidden region to our particle. We can
summarize these observations as a gravitational analog of the
well-known electromagnetic Aharonov-Bohm effect. More-
over, the analysis has important consequences: Information
on the background space-time or on the electromagnetic
elds present can be found by a critical analysis of the
eigenvalues and eigenfunctions. From this problem of Dirac
particles interacting with a conical singularity we can obtain
the Minkowski space-time result taking the limit 1.
Independent of , assuming integer or noninteger values, the
degenerate states of the energy levels are absent, unlike the
previous case. To nalize this section, we see that in the limit
of weak magnetic eld
B
0 the results of the previous
section are reached.
IV. DIRAC OSCILLATOR IN COSMIC DISLOCATION
SPACE-TIME
From now on we proceed to consider the Dirac oscillator
in a cosmic dislocation space-time. This geometry was found
by Galtsov and Letelier [30] as
ds
2
= dt
2
+d
2
+
2
2
d
2
+(dz +J
z
d)
2
, (39)
in cylindrical coordinates, with 0 and 0 2. The
parameter J
z
is related to the torsion source and = 1 4,
where is the linear mass density of the string, as before.
We observe that, when J
z
= 0, the metric of the cosmic string
space-time is recovered. Therefore, we are adding a torsion
source, represented by J
z
, to our cosmic string. Observe that
this metric is locally at, as it is easily seen by the coordinate
change t T, = ,z Z = z +J
z
.
To write the Dirac equation in this background, let us
consider the following inverse tetrad:
e
a
(x) =
1 0 0 0
0 cos sin 0
0
sin
cos
0
0
J
z
sin
J
z
cos
. (40)
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The Dirac matrices
0
=
t
,
1
=
,
2
=
,
3
=
z
J
z
,
(41)
where again,
= sin
1
+cos
2
,
= cos
1
+
sin
2
. The Dirac equation in the cosmic dislocation space-
time, with the Dirac oscillator and with a magnetic eld ux
B
, along its symmetry axis, becomes
_
i
t
t
+i
+mw +
1
2
_
+i
J
z
z
+i
e
B
2
_
+i
z
z
m
_
(t, r) = 0.
(42)
Using the ansatz (12) and the relation (14) added to the
properties of the Pauli matrix, Eq. (42) becomes
_
d
2
d
2
+
1
d
d
2
+m
2
w
2
___
_
= 0,
(43)
with
=
l +1/2 kJ
z
+e
B
/2
1
2
,
(44)
= E
2
m
2
+2mw[(l +1/2
+e/2 kJ
z
)/ 1/2] k
2
.
To the wave equation we input the change of variables
= mw
2
, and the result is
d
2
d
2
+
1
d
2
2
+
4
2
+
1
4
4mw
_
= 0, (45)
with
+
= (l +1/2 +e
B
/2 kJ
z
)/ +1/2. By study-
ing the asymptotic limits of Eq. (45), we assume a solution of
the type
() =
|
+
|
2
e
2
R(). (46)
Substituting the above ansatz into Eq. (45) that equation
transforms into a conuent hypergeometric equation for
R(n,|
+
| +1,mw
2
), with the following eigenvalues
E
2
= m
2
+4mw
_
n +
l
eff
+1/2(1 )
2
_
l
eff
+1/2(1 )
2
_
+
1 s
2
_
+k
2
, (47)
with l
eff
= l +e
B
/2 kJ
z
. In this way an analog equa-
tion to the eigenfunction (12) can be constructed with
the help of the hypergeometric series. Comparatively to
the results in Sec. II, the spinor for the Dirac oscil-
lator on the cosmic dislocation space-time assumes the
form
_
()
()
_
= (mw)
|
|
2
|
e
mw
2
2
F(n, |
| +1, mw
2
).
(48)
Again we observe a Landau structure in the above energy
levels. Comparatively to the previous cases, the energy levels
now have a torsional contribution, besides the curvature
and electromagnetic parts. For J
z
= 0, all previous results
are recovered. Contrary to the nonrelativistic case [25], the
degeneracy of the Landau levels is not removed by choosing
integer. The results (47) and (48) yield all the previously
obtained results in the appropriate limits. Notice that torsion
as well as magnetic ux give rise to an effective angular
momentum.
V. NONRELATIVISTIC LIMIT
To analyze the nonrelativistic limit we assume E = m+
such that m and Eq. (43) assumes the form
=
_
1
2m
_
d
2
d
2
+
1
d
d
2
k
2
_
+
1
2
m
2
2
2
S
L
_
. (49)
We note that this equation is the Schr odinger equation in the
dispiration background space-time with an harmonic oscillator
term and the spin-orbit interaction. To analyze the nonrela-
tivistic limit of the energy, we write Eq. (47) in the appropriate
form
E = m
_
1 +
4
m
_
n + +
1 s
2
_
+
k
2
m
2
, (50)
with
=
|l +e
B
/2 kJ
z
+1/2(1 )|
2
[l +e
B
/2 kJ
z
+1/2(1 )]
2
. (51)
Using the Taylor expansion up to second order in the energy
expression results in
m+
k
2
2m
+2
_
n + +
1 s
2
_
2
2
m
_
n + +
1 s
2
_
2
. (52)
The rst two terms in this expression are, respectively, the rest
energy added to the kinetic energy of the particle along the
string, the second term is the energy of the nonrelativistic
harmonic oscillator, and the last one is associated to the
relativistic correction term.
VI. CONCLUSION
Line defects like the cosmic string and its variations
(magnetic cosmic string and cosmic dislocation) even though
they correspond to locally at geometries and have global
properties that affect quantum systems like the harmonic
oscillator. The analysis of the emission spectra of spacebound
atomic species from a region where there is gravitational
lensing is an indication of a cosmic string [31] and might
give further evidence for the presence of the defect. In this
article we analyzed the energy spectrum of one of the possible
relativistic generalizations of the harmonic oscillator in the
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background space-times of the cosmic string, the magnetic
cosmic string, and the cosmic dislocation. In all cases we
recover the known nonrelativistic limits. The eigenvalues
and eigenfunctions found depend explicitly on the nonlocal
parameters of the space-time in consideration even though it
is locally at. This result may be thought of as a variation
on the well-known electromagnetic Aharonov-Bohm effect.
Also, differently from the case of Minkowski space-time, the
presence of the defects breaks the degeneracy of the energy
levels for noninteger values of the parameter .
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We thank CAPES/PROCAD, NANOBIOTEC/CAPES,
INCT-FCx, and CNPq for nancial support.
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