The Riemann-Roch theorem and zero-energy solutions of the Dirac equation on the Riemann sphere

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2010.09.023MaRDI QIDQ617951zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors Geoffrey Lee

Publication date 14 January 2011

Published in Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0909.0085

zbMATH Keywords

Riemann surfaceszero modesRiemann-Roch theoremthe two-dimensional Dirac equation in a magnetic field

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relationships between algebraic curves and physics (14H81) Riemann-Roch theorems (14C40)

Abstract: In this paper, we revisit the connection between the Riemann-Roch theorem and the zero energy solutions of the two-dimensional Dirac equation in the presence of a delta-function like magnetic field. Our main result is the resolution of a paradox - the fact that the Riemann-Roch theorem correctly predicts the number of zero energy solutions of the Dirac equation despite counting what seems to be the wrong type of functions.

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