Self-adjoint extensions of the Pauli equation in the presence of a magnetic monopole

DOI10.1006/APHY.1996.5638MaRDI QIDQ1269388zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors K. Appert

Publication date 1 November 1998

Published in Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9602013

zbMATH Keywords

eigenfunctionsHamiltoniannonrelativistic electron with spinself-adjoint extensions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with quantum mechanics (35Q40) Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10)

Abstract: We discuss the Hamiltonian for a nonrelativistic electron with spin in the presence of an abelian magnetic monopole and note that it is not self-adjoint in the lowest two angular momentum modes. We then use von Neumann's theory of self-adjoint extensions to construct a self-adjoint operator with the same functional form. In general, this operator will have eigenstates in which the lowest two angular momentum modes mix, thereby removing conservation of angular momentum. However, consistency with the solutions of the Dirac equation limits the possibilities such that conservation of angular momentum is restored. Because the same effect occurs for a spinless particle with a sufficiently attractive inverse square potential, we also study this system. We use this simpler Hamiltonian to compare the eigenfunctions corresponding to a particular self-adjoint extension with the eigenfunctions satisfying a boundary condition consistent with probability conservation.

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