Published November 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Revivals of zitterbewegung of a bound localized Dirac particle

  • 1. Instituto Carlos I de Fisica Teorica y Computacional, Universidad de Granada, Fuentenueva s/n, 18071 Granada (Spain) and Departamento de Fisica Atomica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Granada, Fuentenueva s/n, 18071 Granada (Spain)

Description

In this paper a bound localized Dirac particle is shown to exhibit a revival of the zitterbewegung (ZB) oscillation amplitude. These revivals go beyond the known quasiclassical regenerations in which the ZB oscillation amplitude is decreasing from period to period. This phenomenon is studied in a Dirac oscillator and it is shown that it is possible to set up wave packets in which there is a regeneration of the initial ZB amplitude.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
84
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 052102-052102.4
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
44051853
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
AMPLITUDES; OSCILLATIONS; OSCILLATORS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REGENERATION; WAVE PACKETS; ZITTERBEWEGUNG
Descriptors DEC
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; MECHANICS

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