Fermions in an Aharonov-Bohm field and cosmic strings
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· Physical Review (Section) D: Particles and Fields; (USA)
- Center for Theoretical Physics, Laboratory for Nuclear Science dge, Massachusetts 02139 (US)
The scattering of fermions by an infinitely thin flux tube is governed by a Dirac Hamiltonian that requires specification of a one-parameter self-adjoint extension. This Aharonov-Bohm scenario arises generically for cosmic strings. In particular for some range of the extension parameter the string can bind fermions.
- OSTI ID:
- 5541358
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review (Section) D: Particles and Fields; (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review (Section) D: Particles and Fields; (USA) Vol. 40:4; ISSN PRVDA; ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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640106* -- Astrophysics & Cosmology-- Cosmology
645400 -- High Energy Physics-- Field Theory
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BOUND STATE
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
COMPOSITE MODELS
COSMOLOGY
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
DIRAC EQUATION
EIGENFUNCTIONS
EIGENSTATES
EQUATIONS
EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL
FERMIONS
FUNCTIONS
HAMILTONIANS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PARTICLE MODELS
QUANTUM OPERATORS
QUARK MODEL
SCATTERING
STRING MODELS
WAVE EQUATIONS
WAVE FUNCTIONS
645400 -- High Energy Physics-- Field Theory
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BOUND STATE
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
COMPOSITE MODELS
COSMOLOGY
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
DIRAC EQUATION
EIGENFUNCTIONS
EIGENSTATES
EQUATIONS
EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL
FERMIONS
FUNCTIONS
HAMILTONIANS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PARTICLE MODELS
QUANTUM OPERATORS
QUARK MODEL
SCATTERING
STRING MODELS
WAVE EQUATIONS
WAVE FUNCTIONS