Relativistic harmonic oscillator for spin-1/2 particles in the Bethe-Salpeter formalism
Abstract
A kernel for the spin-1/2 relativistic Bethe-Salpeter equation is proposed and the equation is solved in the nonrelativistic limit for the mass spectrum in the case of vector coupling. Numerical results are also presented for the fully relativistic case. It is found that in addition to the ordinary, evenly spaced energy levels of the nonrelativistic harmonic oscillator, the spin coupling produces another family of states with level spacing proportional to n, the principal quantum number. It is also found that in this model the phenomenology of the mesons can be reproduced qualitatively only for couplings strong enough to produce significant relativistic effects in the lowest-lying levels.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Department of Physics, B-019, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093
- OSTI Identifier:
- 5207633
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- Phys. Rev., D; (United States)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 22:2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; BETHE-SALPETER EQUATION; KERNELS; HARMONIC OSCILLATORS; ENERGY LEVELS; FERMIONS; MASS SPECTRA; QUANTUM NUMBERS; RELATIVITY THEORY; SPIN; ANGULAR MOMENTUM; EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; SPECTRA; 645400* - High Energy Physics- Field Theory
Citation Formats
Henley, J R. Relativistic harmonic oscillator for spin-1/2 particles in the Bethe-Salpeter formalism. United States: N. p., 1980.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.22.419.
Henley, J R. Relativistic harmonic oscillator for spin-1/2 particles in the Bethe-Salpeter formalism. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.22.419
Henley, J R. Tue .
"Relativistic harmonic oscillator for spin-1/2 particles in the Bethe-Salpeter formalism". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.22.419.
@article{osti_5207633,
title = {Relativistic harmonic oscillator for spin-1/2 particles in the Bethe-Salpeter formalism},
author = {Henley, J R},
abstractNote = {A kernel for the spin-1/2 relativistic Bethe-Salpeter equation is proposed and the equation is solved in the nonrelativistic limit for the mass spectrum in the case of vector coupling. Numerical results are also presented for the fully relativistic case. It is found that in addition to the ordinary, evenly spaced energy levels of the nonrelativistic harmonic oscillator, the spin coupling produces another family of states with level spacing proportional to n, the principal quantum number. It is also found that in this model the phenomenology of the mesons can be reproduced qualitatively only for couplings strong enough to produce significant relativistic effects in the lowest-lying levels.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.22.419},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5207633},
journal = {Phys. Rev., D; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 22:2,
place = {United States},
year = {1980},
month = {7}
}
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