Bound-state,Bethe—Salpeter solutions with conjugate pairs of complex coupling constants |
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Authors: | G B Mainland |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Physics, The Ohio State University at Newark, Newark, OH, 43055, USA |
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Abstract: | Solutions are obtained to the Bethe-Salpeter equation describing bound states of two massive scalars interacting via the exchange
of a third, massive scalar. Covariance of the equation implies that the interaction is retarded, and in part because the energy
appears more than once in the equation, a Hamiltonian for the bound state does not exist. Thus in contrast to the Schrodinger
equation, the Bethe-Salpeter equation is solved by specifying the energy and solving for the coupling constant as an eigenvalue.
Although the Bethe-Salpeter equation is derived from a Lagrangian with real coupling constants, depending on the value of
the energy and the masses of the scalars, some values of the coupling constant that satisfy the Bethe-Salpeter equation are
complex and always occur in conjugate pairs. The unexpected existence of solutions with real energy and a complex coupling
constant raises the possibility that there are also resonance solutions with real values of the coupling constant and complex
energy.
Supported by a grant from the Ohio Supercomputer Center.
Presented at the 3rd International Workshop “Pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonians in Quantum Physics”, Istanbul, Turkey, June 20–22,
2005. |
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Keywords: | Bethe-Salpeter equation relativistic bound states |
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