Published November 15, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Quantum singularities around a global monopole

  • 1. Departamento de Matematica Aplicada-IMECC, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13081-970 Campinas, Sao Paulo (Brazil)

Description

The behavior of a massive scalar particle on the spacetime surrounding a monopole is studied from a quantum mechanical point of view. All the boundary conditions necessary to turn the spatial portion of the wave operator self-adjoint are found and their importance to the quantum interpretation of singularities is emphasized.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
80
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 104035-104035.5
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41056686
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MONOPOLES; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SCALAR MESONS; SINGULARITY; SPACE-TIME
Descriptors DEC
BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; HADRONS; MECHANICS; MESONS

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