Published August 16, 2010 | Version v1
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Confinement limit of a Dirac particle in two and three dimensions

Creators

  • 1. Department of Information and Communication Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto 603-8555 (Japan)
  • 2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4M1 (Canada)

Description

Consider a particle that is in a stationary state described by the Dirac equation with a finite-range potential. In two and three dimensions the particle can be confined to an arbitrarily small spatial region. This is in contrast to the one-dimensional case in which the confinement region cannot be much narrower than the Compton wavelength.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2010.07.053

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physleta.2010.07.053;
PII
S0375-9601(10)00918-7;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. A
Journal Volume
374
Journal Issue
37
Journal Page Range
p. 3838-3840
ISSN
0375-9601
CODEN
PYLAAG

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42042977
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
COMPTON WAVELENGTH; CONFINEMENT; DIRAC EQUATION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; POTENTIALS
Descriptors DEC
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; FIELD EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; WAVE EQUATIONS

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