The general relativistic hydrogen atom |
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Authors: | Jeffrey M Cohen Robert T Powers |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Physics, University of Pennsylvania, 19104 Philadelphia, PA, USA;(2) Mathematics Department, University of Pennsylvania, 19104 Philadelphia, PA, USA |
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Abstract: | The general relativistic Dirac equation is formulated in an arbitrary curved space-time using differential forms. These equations are applied to spherically symmetric systems with arbitrary charge and mass. For the case of a black hole (with event horizon) it is shown that the Dirac Hamiltonian is self-adjoint, has essential spectrum the whole real line and no bound states. Although rigorous results are obtained only for a spherically symmetric system, it is argued that, in the presence of any event horizon there will be no bound states. The case of a naked singularity is investigated with the results that the Dirac Hamiltonian is not self-adjoint. The self-adjoint extensions preserving angular momentum are studied and their spectrum is found to consist of an essential spectrum corresponding to that of a free electron plus eigenvalues in the gap (–mc
2, +mc
2). It is shown that, for certain boundary conditions, neutrino bound states exist.Supported in part by the National Science Foundation |
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