QUANTUM VORTICES AND TRAJECTORIES IN PARTICLE DIFFRACTION

DOI10.1142/S0218127412502148MaRDI QIDQ4907082zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors N. Delis, C. Efthymiopoulos, G. Contopoulos

Publication date 1 March 2013

Published in International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1103.2621

zbMATH Keywords

diffractionquantum trajectoriesquantum vortices

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Stochastic mechanics (including stochastic electrodynamics) (81P20) Alternative quantum mechanics (including hidden variables, etc.) (81Q65)

Abstract: We investigate the phenomenon of the diffraction of charged particles by thin material targets using the method of the de Broglie-Bohm quantum trajectories. The particle wave function can be modeled as a sum of two terms $psi=ps{i}_{ingoing}+ps{i}_{outgoing}$. A thin separator exists between the domains of prevalence of the ingoing and outgoing wavefunction terms. The structure of the quantum-mechanical currents in the neighborhood of the separator implies the formation of an array of emph{quantum vortices}. The flow structure around each vortex displays a characteristic pattern called `nodal point - X point complex'. The X point gives rise to stable and unstable manifolds. We find the scaling laws characterizing a nodal point-X point complex by a local perturbation theory around the nodal point. We then analyze the dynamical role of vortices in the emergence of the diffraction pattern. In particular, we demonstrate the abrupt deflections, along the direction of the unstable manifold, of the quantum trajectories approaching an X-point along its stable manifold. Theoretical results are compared to numerical simulations of quantum trajectories. We finally calculate the {it times of flight} of particles following quantum trajectories from the source to detectors placed at various scattering angles $heta$, and thereby propose an experimental test of the de Broglie - Bohm formalism.

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