The classical and quantum mechanics of a particle on a knot

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2015.04.004zbMATH Open1343.70022arXiv1501.01098OpenAlexW2071381555MaRDI QIDQ305310FDOQ305310

Authors: V. V. Sreedhar 

Publication date: 29 August 2016

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

Abstract: A free particle is constrained to move on a knot obtained by winding around a putative torus. The classical equations of motion for this system are solved in a closed form. The exact energy eigenspectrum, in the thin torus limit, is obtained by mapping the time-independent Schrodinger equation to the Mathieu equation. In the general case, the eigenvalue problem is described by the Hill equation. Finite-thickness corrections are incorporated perturbatively by truncating the Hill equation. Comparisons and contrasts between this problem and the well-studied problem of a particle on a circle (planar rigid rotor) are performed throughout.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.01098

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zbMATH Keywords

particleknotquantumclassical

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Quantum mechanics on special spaces: manifolds, fractals, graphs, lattices (81Q35) Constrained dynamics, Dirac's theory of constraints (70H45) Holonomic systems related to the dynamics of a system of particles (70F20)

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