Published March 2006
| Version v1
Journal article
Exact supersymmetry in the relativistic hydrogen atom in general dimensions--supercharge and the generalized Johnson-Lippmann operator
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo 113-0033 (Japan)
Description
A Dirac particle in general dimensions moving in a 1/r potential is shown to have an exact supersymmetry, for which the two supercharge operators are obtained in terms of (a D-dimensional generalization of) the Johnson-Lippmann operator, an extension of the Runge-Lenz-Pauli vector that relativistically incorporates spin degrees of freedom. So the extra symmetry (S(2)) in the quantum Kepler problem, which determines the degeneracy of the levels, is so robust as to accommodate the relativistic case in arbitrary dimensions
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.2173173;
- arXiv
- arXiv:quant-ph/0410174v1;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Journal Volume
- 47
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 032301-032301.7
- ISSN
- 0022-2488
- CODEN
- JMAPAQ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 37075203
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ATOMS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; HYDROGEN; POTENTIALS; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; SPIN; SUPERSYMMETRY; VECTORS
- Descriptors DEC
- ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ELEMENTS; ENERGY RANGE; NONMETALS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; SYMMETRY; TENSORS
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics