On the connection between the solutions to the Dirac and Weyl equations and the corresponding electromagnetic four-potentials

In this work we study in detail the connection between the solutions to the Dirac and Weyl equations and the associated electromagnetic four-potentials.First,it is proven that all solutions to the Weyl equation are degenerate,in the sense that they correspond to an infinite number of electromagnetic four-potentials.As far as the solutions to the Dirac equation are concerned,it is shown that they can be classified into two classes.The elements of the first class correspond to one and only one four-potential,and are called non-degenerate Dirac solutions.On the other hand,the elements of the second class correspond to an infinite number of four-potentials,and are called degenerate Dirac solutions.Further,it is proven that at least two of these fourpotentials are gauge-inequivalent,corresponding to different electromagnetic fields.In order to illustrate this particularly important result we have studied the degenerate solutions to the forcefree Dirac equation and shown that they correspond to massless particles.We have also provided explicit examples regarding solutions to the force-free Weyl equation and the Weyl equation for a constant magnetic field.In all cases we have calculated the infinite number of different electromagnetic fields corresponding to these solutions.Finally,we have discussed potential applications of our results in cosmology,materials science and nanoelectronics.     

Integration of the nonlinear Schroedinger equation with a self-consistent source

It is shown that the nonlinear Schroedinger equation with a self-consistent source admits investigation by the inverse scattering method for the Dirac operator. The conditions are found under which the solutions of the nonlinear Schroedinger equation with a self-consistent source describe the creation and annihilation of solitons.     

A non‐uniqueness problem of the Dirac theory in a curved spacetime

The Dirac equation in a curved spacetime depends on a field of coefficients (essentially the Dirac matrices), for which a continuum of different choices are possible. We study the conditions under which a change of the coefficient fields leads to an equivalent Hamiltonian operator H, or to an equivalent energy operator E. We do that for the standard version of the gravitational Dirac equation, and for two alternative equations based on the tensor representation of the Dirac fields. The latter equations may be defined when the spacetime is four‐dimensional, noncompact, and admits a spinor structure. We find that, for each among the three versions of the equation, the vast majority of the possible coefficient changes do not lead to an equivalent operator H, nor to an equivalent operator E, whence a lack of uniqueness. In particular, we prove that the Dirac energy spectrum is not unique. This non‐uniqueness of the energy spectrum comes from an effect of the choice of coefficients, and applies in any given coordinates.     

Some remarks on the Hijazi inequality and generalizations of the Killing equation for spinors

We generalize the well-known lower estimates for the first eigenvalue of the Dirac operator on a compact Riemannian spin manifold proved by Friedrich [Math. Nachr. 97 (1980) 117–146] and Hijazi [Math. Phys. 104 (1986) 151–162; J. Geom. Phys. 16 (1995) 27–38]. The special solutions of the Einstein–Dirac equation constructed recently by Friedrich/Kim are examples for the limiting case of these inequalities. The discussion of the limiting case of these estimates yields two new field equations generalizing the Killing equation as well as the weak Killing equation for spinor fields. Finally, we discuss the two-and three-dimensional case in more detail.     

Relativistic effects in the time evolution of an one-dimensional model atom in a laser pulse

We define 1D Volkov states as solutions of the one-dimensional Dirac equation in a time dependent electric field, similar to the Volkov solutions in the three dimensional case. They are eigenspinors of the momentum operator and reduce in the absence of the field to free solutions of positive or negative energy. Then we add a time independent attractive Gausssian potential and, by integrating the Dirac equation for a laser pulse of Gaussian shape, we determine the state which coincides initially with the ground state of the system in the absence of the electric field. Our main objective is the study of the population dynamics on the Volkov states during the pulse action. For different values of the laser pulse intensity and two values of the potential depth, we find that the Volkov states which evolve from free solutions of negative energy are practically not populated, in contrast to the population on free negative energy states.     

Nonlinear Dirac Operator and Quaternionic Analysis

Properties of the Cauchy–Riemann–Fueter equation for maps between quaternionic manifolds are studied. Spaces of solutions in case of maps from a K3–surface to the cotangent bundle of a complex projective space are computed. A relationship between harmonic spinors of a generalized nonlinear Dirac operator and solutions of the Cauchy–Riemann–Fueter equation are established.     

Some extensions of the Einstein–Dirac equation

We considered an extension of the standard functional for the Einstein–Dirac equation where the Dirac operator is replaced by the square of the Dirac operator and a real parameter controlling the length of spinors is introduced. For one distinguished value of the parameter, the resulting Euler–Lagrange equations provide a new type of Einstein–Dirac coupling. We establish a special method for constructing global smooth solutions of a newly derived Einstein–Dirac system called the CL-Einstein–Dirac equation of type II (see Definition 3.1).     

On the Global Existence of Mild Solutions to the Boltzmann Equation for Small Data in <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">D</Emphasis></Superscript>

We develop a new theory of existence of global solutions to the Boltzmann equation for small initial data. These new mild solutions are analogous to the mild solutions for the Navier-Stokes equations. The existence comes as a result of the study of the competing phenomena of dispersion, due to the transport operator, and of singularity formation, due to the nonlinear Boltzmann collision operator. It is the joint use of the so-called dispersive estimates with new convolution inequalities on the gain term of the collision operator that allows to obtain uniform bounds on the solutions and thus demonstrate the existence of solutions.     

Mass operator for wave scattering from a slightly random surface

This paper deals with the mass operator representing multiple-scattering effects in the theory of wave scattering from a slightly random surface. By means of the stochastic-functional approach, a recurrence equation for the mass operator is obtained in the form of an iterative integral. However, its solution oscillates in a non-physical manner against the number of iterations. Next, the recurrence equation may be regarded as a nonlinear integral equation, when the number of iterations goes to infinity. An analytical solution of the nonlinear integral equation is presented for a special case in which the roughness spectrum is the Dirac delta function. Then, the nonlinear integral equation is solved numerically for the Gaussian roughness spectrum by iteration, starting from such an analytical solution. It is shown that only a few iterations are required to obtain the mass operator, even when the correlation distance is small. Effects of the mass operators on the coherent reflection coefficient and the incoherent scattering cross section are calculated and shown in figures.     

Optical analogue of relativistic Dirac solitons in binary waveguide arrays

We study analytically and numerically an optical analogue of Dirac solitons in binary waveguide arrays in the presence of Kerr nonlinearity. Pseudo-relativistic soliton solutions of the coupled-mode equations describing dynamics in the array are analytically derived. We demonstrate that with the found soliton solutions, the coupled mode equations can be converted into the nonlinear relativistic 1D Dirac equation. This paves the way for using binary waveguide arrays as a classical simulator of quantum nonlinear effects arising from the Dirac equation, something that is thought to be impossible to achieve in conventional (i.e. linear) quantum field theory.     

Supersymmetric Content of the Dirac and Duffin-Kemmer-Petiau Equations

We study subsolutions of the Dirac and Duffin-Kemmer-Petiau equations described in our earlier papers. It is shown that subsolutions of the Duffin-Kemmer-Petiau equations and those of the Dirac equation obey the same Dirac equation with some built-in projection operator. This covariant equation can be referred to as supersymmetric since it has bosonic as well as fermionic degrees of freedom.     

The Dirac equation in Schwarzschild black hole coupled to a stationary electromagnetic field

We study the Dirac equation in a spacetime that represents the nonlinear superposition of the Schwarzschild solution to an external, stationary electromagnetic field. The set of equations representing the uncharged Dirac particle in the Newman–Penrose formalism is decoupled into a radial and an angular parts. We obtain exact analytical solutions of the angular equations. We manage to obtain the radial wave equations with effective potentials. Finally, we study the potentials by plotting them as a function of radial distance and examine the effect of the twisting parameter and the frequencies on the potentials.     

Rate of Convergence to Equilibrium for the Spatially Homogeneous Boltzmann Equation with Hard Potentials

For the spatially homogeneous Boltzmann equation with hard potentials and Grad's cutoff (e.g. hard spheres), we give quantitative estimates of exponential convergence to equilibrium, and we show that the rate of exponential decay is governed by the spectral gap for the linearized equation, on which we provide a lower bound. Our approach is based on establishing spectral gap-like estimates valid near the equilibrium, and then connecting the latter to the quantitative nonlinear theory. This leads us to an explicit study of the linearized Boltzmann collision operator in functional spaces larger than the usual linearization setting.     

An exact energy conservation property of the quantum lattice Boltzmann algorithm

The quantum lattice Boltzmann algorithm offers a unitary and readily parallelisable discretisation of the Dirac equation that is free of the fermion-doubling problem. The expectation of the discrete time-advance operator is an exact invariant of the algorithm. Its imaginary part determines the expectation of the Hamiltonian operator, the energy of the solution, with an accuracy that is consistent with the overall accuracy of the algorithm. In the one-dimensional case, this accuracy may be increased from first to second order using a variable transformation. The three-dimensional quantum lattice Boltzmann algorithm uses operator splitting to approximate evolution under the three-dimensional Dirac equation by a sequence of solutions of one-dimensional Dirac equations. The three-dimensional algorithm thus inherits the energy conservation property of the one-dimensional algorithm, although the implementation shown remains only first-order accurate due to the splitting error.     

Darboux Transformation of the Nonstationary Dirac Equation

The method of differential transformation operators is applied to the Dirac equation with the generalized form of the time-dependent potential. It is demonstrated that the transformation operator and the transformed potential are solutions of the initial equation. It is established that under certain conditions, an integral expression can be retrieved for the transformed potential. Examples of new potentials expressed through elementary functions are presented for which the Dirac equation can be solved exactly.__________Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 4, pp. 34–41, April, 2005.     

Soliton Asymptotics of Solutions of the Sine-Gordon Equation

An asymptotic analysis of the Marchenko integral equation for the sine-Gordon equation is presented. The results are used for a construction of soliton asymptotics of decreasing and some non-decreasing solutions of the sine-Gordon equation. The soliton phases are shown to have an additional shift with respect to the reflectionless case caused by the non-zero reflection coefficient of the corresponding Dirac operator. Explicit formulas for the phases are also obtained. The results demonstrate an interesting phenomenon of splitting of non-decreasing solutions into an infinite series of asymptotic solitons.     

Differential equation for spectral flows of hermitean Wilson–Dirac operator

Establishing an exact relation for the derivative we show that the eigenvalue flows of the hermitean Wilson–Dirac operator obey a differential equation. We obtain a complete overview of the characteristic features of its solutions. The underlying mathematical aspects are fully clarified.     

The electromagnetic coupling in Kemmer-Duffin-Petiau theory

We analyze the electromagnetic coupling in the Kemmer-Duffin-Petiau (KDP) equation. Since the KDP equation which describes spin-0 and spin-1 bosons is of Dirac type, we examine some analogies with and differences from the Dirac equation. The main difference with the Dirac equation is that the KDP equation contains redundant components. We will show that as a result certain interaction terms in the Hamilton form of the KDP equation do not have a physical meaning and will not affect the calculation of physical observables. We point out that a second order KDP equation derived by Kemmer as an analogy to the second order Dirac equation is of limited physical applicability as (i) it belongs to a class of second order equations which can be derived from the original KDP equation and (ii) it lacks a back-transformation which would allow one to obtain solutions of the KDP equation out of solutions of the second order equation.     

Solutions to the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with sequences of initial data converging to a Dirac mass

We study the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with sequences of initial data that converge to a Dirac mass, and study the asymptotic behaviour of solutions. In doing so we find a connection to previously known long time asymptotics. We demonstrate a type of universality in the behaviour of solutions for real initial data, and we also show how this universality breaks down for examples of initial data that are not purely real.     

Mass, energy, and the electron

The two-component solutions of the Dirac equation currently in use are not separately a particle equation or an antiparticle equation. We present a unitary transformation that uncouples the four-component, force-free Dirac equation to yield a two-component spinor equation for the force-free motion of a relativistic particle and a corresponding two-component, time-reversed equation for an antiparticle. The particle-antiparticle nature of the two equations is established by applying to the solutions of these two-component equations criteria analogous to those applied for establishing the four-component particle and antiparticle solutions of the four-component Dirac equation. Wave function solutions of our two-component particle equation describe both a right and a left circularly polarized particle. Interesting characteristics of our solutions include spatial distributions that are confined in extent along directions perpendicular to the motion, without the artifice of wave packets, and an intrinsic chirality (handedness) that replaces the usual definition of chirality for particles without mass. Our solutions demonstrate that both the rest mass and the relativistic increase in mass with velocity of the force-free electron are due to an increase in the rate of Zitterbewegung with velocity. We extend this result to a bound electron, in which case the loss of energy due to binding is shown to decrease the rate of Zitterbewegung.