Nodal theorems for the Dirac equation in d 1 dimensions

DOI10.1002/ANDP.201300161MaRDI QIDQ5415029zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Petr Zorin, Richard L. Hall

Publication date 9 May 2014

Published in Annalen der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.1749

zbMATH Keywords

Dirac equationDirac spinor orbitsnodal theorems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Particular ordinary differential operators (Dirac, one-dimensional Schrödinger, etc.) (34L40) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05)

Abstract: A single particle obeys the Dirac equation in $dge1$ spatial dimensions and is bound by an attractive central monotone potential that vanishes at infinity. In one dimension, the potential is even, and monotone for $xge0.$ The asymptotic behavior of the wave functions near the origin and at infinity are discussed. Nodal theorems are proven for the cases $d=1$ and $d>1$, which specify the relationship between the numbers of nodes $n_1$ and $n_2$ in the upper and lower components of the Dirac spinor. For $d=1$, $n_2=n_1+1,$ whereas for $d>1,$ $n_2=n_1+1$ if $k_d>0,$ and $n_2=n_1$ if $k_d<0,$ where $k_d=au(j+fracd-22),$ and $au=pm1.$ This work generalizes the classic results of Rose and Newton in 1951 for the case $d=3.$ Specific examples are presented with graphs, including Dirac spinor orbits $(ps{i}_1(r),ps{i}_2(r)),rge0.$

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