Origin of the pseudospin symmetry in the relativistic formalism

The grounds on which the nuclear pseudospin symmetry (PSS) is supposed to be based are analysed within the relativistic mean-field framework. A connection between the mechanisms responsible for the spin-orbit and pseudospin-orbit splittings is shown. The nature of the PSS is investigated through an extended Dirac equation which allows a generalization of the PSS breaking term. It is shown that the PSS breaking in real nuclei can be explained as a result of a non-perturbative transformation from non-physical solutions of the Dirac equation, which satisfy exactly the PSS, to the physical ones. The PSS breaking term produces important, though qualitatively similar, effects on both states of a pseudospin-orbit doublet. The similarity of these effects increases with the number of nodes of the small component of the Dirac spinor of these states.Received: 28 April 2003, Revised: 30 October 2003, Published online: 18 June 2004PACS: 24.10.Jv Relativistic models - 21.60.Cs Shell model - 21.10.Pc Single-particle levels and strength functions - 24.80. + y Nuclear tests of fundamental interactions and symmetries     

Test of nuclear wave functions for pseudospin symmetry

Using the fact that pseudospin is an approximate symmetry of the Dirac Hamiltonian with realistic scalar and vector mean fields, we derive the wave functions of the pseudospin partners of eigenstates of a realistic Dirac Hamiltonian and compare these wave functions with the wave functions of the Dirac eigenstates.     

Reliability of the pseudospin symmetry in atomic nuclei

The reliability of the pseudospin symmetry (PSS) in atomic nuclei is analyzed in the framework of the relativistic Hartree approach. We find that the nuclear surface strongly increases the effect of the pseudospin-orbit potential (PSOP), spoiling the possibility of the exact realization of the PSS even in the limit of a vanishing PSOP. It is also shown that the PSS cannot be explained by the fact that Σ_S ≃ - Σ. New arguments to explain the PSS in finite nuclei are given. The important role the spin-orbit interaction plays in the achievement of the PSS is also discussed. Received: 22 July 2002 / Accepted: 18 February 2003 / Published online: 20 May 2003     

Isospin asymmetry in the pseudospin dynamical symmetry

Pseudospin symmetry in nuclei is investigated considering the Dirac equation with a Lorentz structured Woods-Saxon potential. The isospin correlation of the energy splittings of pseudospin partners with the nuclear potential parameters is studied. We show that, in an isotopic chain, the pseudospin symmetry is better realized for neutrons than for protons. This behavior comes from balance effects among the central nuclear potential parameters. In general, we found an isospin asymmetry of the nuclear pseudospin interaction, opposed to the nuclear spin-orbit interaction which is quasi-isospin symmetric.     

Influences on the pseudospin symmetry from the different fields of mesons in deformed nuclei

Influences from different fields of mesons on the pseudospin symmetry are investigated for deformed nuclei. The energy splitting between pseudospin partners are extracted from the relativistic mean field calculations. The results show that the σ-field contribution to the pseudospin energy splitting has nearly the same magnitude as the one obtained by the ω-field, but with opposite signs. The pseudospin energy splittings either for neutron or for protons are almost the same if the σ-field (V _σ ) and the ω-field (V _ω ) change at the same scale. The pseudospin energy splitting depends in the same way as the nucleus binding energy of the cancellation of these two potentials, and is controlled by the same nuclear physics scale as the potential sum V _ω + V _σ In comparison with the σ- and ω-fields, it is seen that the ρ meson field produces a minor influence on the pseudospin symmetry.     

Relativistic effect of pseudospin symmetry and tensor coupling on the Mie-type potential via Laplace transformation method

A relativistic Mie-type potential for spin-1/2 particles is studied. The Dirac Hamiltonian contains a scalar S（r） and a vector V（r） Mie-type potential in the radial coordinates, as well as a tensor potential U（r） in the form of Coulomb potential. In the pseudospin（p-spin） symmetry setting Σ = Cps and Δ = V（r）, an analytical solution for exact bound states of the corresponding Dirac equation is found. The eigenenergies and normalized wave functions are presented and particular cases are discussed with any arbitrary spin–orbit coupling number κ. Special attention is devoted to the caseΣ = 0 for which p-spin symmetry is exact. The Laplace transform approach（LTA） is used in our calculations. Some numerical results are obtained and compared with those of other methods.     

Exact solution of the Dirac equation with the Mie-type potential under the pseudospin and spin symmetry limit

We investigate the exact solution of the Dirac equation for the Mie-type potentials under the conditions of pseudospin and spin symmetry limits. The bound state energy equations and the corresponding two-component spinor wave functions of the Dirac particles for the Mie-type potentials with pseudospin and spin symmetry are obtained. We use the asymptotic iteration method in the calculations. Closed forms of the energy eigenvalues are obtained for any spin-orbit coupling term κ. We also investigate the energy eigenvalues of the Dirac particles for the well-known Kratzer-Fues and modified Kratzer potentials which are Mie-type potentials.     

Eigen-spectra in the Dirac-attractive radial problem plus a tensor interaction under pseudospin and spin symmetry with the SUSY approach

We approximately solve the Dirac equation for attractive radial potential including a Coulomb-like tensor interaction under pseudospin and the spin symmetry limit for any arbitrary spin-orbit quantum number, by employing the supersymmetric （SUSY） quantum mechanics and supersymmetric shape invariance technique. We obtain the energy eigenvalue equation under the pseudospin and spin conditions. Some numerical results are compared with those obtained by the Nikiforove-Uvarov （NU） method.     

Jahn-Teller centers and pseudospin effects

The characteristics of the phenomenon of polar centers exhibiting Jahn-Teller behavior in copper oxides are investigated by the pseudospin approach. The emergence of relaxation pseudospin (dipole-quadrupole) modes and pseudospin-phonon interaction produces a number of anomalies in inelastic neutron scattering. The Jahn-Teller effect in polar centers brings about a change in the character of the tetra-ortho transition in the system La_2−x M_x-CuO₄ as the concentration x is increased. The possibility of the onset of fluctuation domain nanostructures is suggested. Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 39, 1948–1955 (November 1997)     

Current-induced pseudospin polarization in silicene

The pseudospin polarization induced by an external electric field in silicene in the presence of weakly spinindependent impurities is considered theoretically in the linear response regime based on Green’s function method. We study the effects of the interplay between the sublattice potential and the intrinsic spin orbit coupling on the pseudospin polarization. We show that the pseudospin polarization perpendicular to the electric field is independent of the impurity parameter, while the pseudospin polarization in the direction of the electric field is sensitive to the impurity parameter. The dependences of the pseudospin polarizations on the chemical potential are studied.     

Origin of regge symmetry for wigner coefficients ofLU(2)

Using general properties of the representations of unitary groups and their relations to representations of symmetric groups, the 3j symbol of the unitary unimodular group ?U(2) is written in terms of a 9j symbol of the unitary unimodular group ?U(J) withJ being the sum of the threej's. The result yields the Regge symmetry of the 3j symbol as a consequence of new relations between Wigner coefficients and special invariants of unitary groups on one hand and the association symmetry of the symmetric group on the other.     

Solution of the Dirac equation in the tridiagonal representation with pseudospin symmetry for an anharmonic oscillator and electric dipole ring-shaped potential

An anharmonic oscillatory potential is proposed in which a noncentral electric dipole is included. The pseudospin symmetry for this potential is investigated by working in a complete square integrable basis that supports a tridiagonal matrix representation of the wave operator. The resulting three-term recursion relation for the expansion coefficients of the wavefunctions (both angular and radial) are presented. The angular/radial wavefunction is written in terms of Jacobi/Laguerre polynomials. The discrete spectrum of the bound states is obtained by the diagonalization of the radial recursion relation. The algebraic properties of the energy equation are also discussed, showing the exact pseudospin symmetry.     

Exact pseudospin symmetry solution of the Dirac equation for spatially-dependent mass Coulomb potential including a Coulomb-like tensor interaction via asymptotic iteration method

In this Letter, the Dirac equation is exactly solved for spatially-dependent mass Coulomb potential including a Coulomb-like tensor potential under pseudospin symmetry limit by using asymptotic iteration method with arbitrary spin-orbit coupling number κ. The energy eigenvalues and corresponding eigenfunctions are obtained and some numerical results are given.     

New insights on pseudospin doublets in nuclei

The relevance of pseudospin symmetry in nuclei is considered. New insights are obtained from looking at the continuous transition from a non-relativistic model satisfying spin symmetry to another one satisfying pseudospin symmetry. This study suggests that there are models allowing no missing single-particle states in this transition, contrary to what is usually advocated. It rather points to an association of pseudospin partners that is quite different from the one generally assumed, together with a strong violation of the corresponding symmetry. This assignment is supported by an examination of the wave functions and related quantities for the pseudospin partners.     

Theory of the pseudospin resonance in semiconductor bilayers

The pseudospin degree of freedom in a semiconductor bilayer gives rise to a collective mode analogous to the ferromagnetic-resonance mode of a ferromagnet. We present a many-body theory of the dependence of the energy and the damping of this mode on layer separation d. Based on these results, we discuss the possibilities of realizing transport-current driven pseudospin-transfer oscillators in semiconductors, and of using the pseudospin-transfer effect as an experimental probe of intersubband plasmons.     

Continuous nondemolition measurement of the Cs clock transition pseudospin

We demonstrate a weak continuous measurement of the pseudospin associated with the clock transition in a sample of Cs atoms. Our scheme uses an optical probe tuned near the D1 transition to measure the sample birefringence, which depends on the component of the collective pseudospin. At certain probe frequencies the differential light shift of the clock states vanishes, and the measurement is nonperturbing. In dense samples the measurement can be used to squeeze the collective clock pseudospin and has the potential to improve the performance of atomic clocks and interferometers.     

Texture control in a pseudospin Bose-Einstein condensate

We describe a wave function engineering approach to the formation of textures in nonrotated multicomponent Bose-Einstein condensates. With numerical simulations of a viable two-component condensate experiment, we demonstrate the formation of a ballistically?expanding regular lattice?texture, composed of half-quantum vortices and spin-2 textures. The formation is described by a linear interference process in which the geometry and phase of three initially separated wave packets provide deterministic control over the resulting lattice?texture.     

Quantum nonlocality for two-mode correlated states based on generalized pseudospin operators

In this Letter, we investigate the quantum nonlocality of two-mode correlated states. We find that the pseudospin formalism [Z.B. Chen, J.W. Pan, G. Hou, Y.D. Zhang, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 (2002) 040406] generally fails to depict the nonlocality of the states when the photon number difference between the two modes is odd. The formalism is then generalized such that the nonlocality of a two-mode correlated state can be well revealed without regard to the difference. Later we consider the nonlocality of the two-mode intelligent SU(1,1) states in the generalized formalism and compare our results with the entanglement of the corresponding states.