Dirac particle in an Aharonov-Bohm potential: the structure of the first order S-matrix

DOI10.1007/S10773-006-9246-5zbMATH Open1113.81122arXivhep-th/0405207OpenAlexW2051332413MaRDI QIDQ878136FDOQ878136

M. S. Shikakhwa

Publication date: 26 April 2007

Published in: International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The structure of the interaction Hamiltonian in the first order $S-$matrix element of a Dirac particle in an Aharonov-Bohm (AB) field is analyzed and shown to have interesting algebraic properties. It is demonstrated that as a consequence of these properties, this interaction Hamiltonian splits both the incident and outgoing waves in the the first order $S-$matrix into their $fracSigm{a}_{3}2-$components (eigenstates of the third component of the spin). The matrix element can then be viewed as the sum of two transitions taking place in these two channels of the spin. At the level of partial waves, each partial wave of the conserved total angular momentum is split into two partial waves of the orbital angular momentum in a manner consistent with the conservation of the total angular momentum quantum number.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0405207

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zbMATH Keywords

scattering matrixAharonov-Bohm scattering

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(S)-matrix theory, etc. in quantum theory (81U20) Differential geometric methods, including holonomy, Berry and Hannay phases, Aharonov-Bohm effect, etc. in quantum theory (81Q70)

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