Electron bound by a potential well in the presence of a constant uniform magnetic field

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/40/24/013zbMATH Open1113.81038arXivquant-ph/0702218OpenAlexW1991366999MaRDI QIDQ5292584FDOQ5292584

Authors: V. R. Khalilov, F. Kh Chibirova 

Publication date: 21 June 2007

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the effect of a constant uniform magnetic field on an electrically charged massive particle (an electron) bound by a potential well, which is described by means of a single attractive $$ potential. A transcendental equation that determines the electron energy spectrum is derived and solved. The electron wave function in the ground (bound) state is approximately constructed in a remarkable simple form. It is shown that there arises the probability current in the bound state in the presence of a uniform constant magnetic field. This (electric) current, being by the gauge invariant quantity, must be observable and involve (and exercise influence on) the electron scattering. The probability current density resembles a stack of "pancake" vortices whose circulating "currents around the magnetic field direction ($z$-axes) are mostly confined within the plane $z=0$. We also compute the tunnelling probability of electron from the bound to free state under a weak constant homogeneous electric field, which is parallel to the magnetic field. The model under consideration is briefly discussed in two spatial dimensions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0702218

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) (2)-body potential quantum scattering theory (81U05)

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