On a Solution to the Dirac Equation with a Triangular Potential Well

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Hauptverfasser: Payod, Renebeth B., Saroka, Vasil A.
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author Payod, Renebeth B.
Saroka, Vasil A.
author_facet Payod, Renebeth B.
Saroka, Vasil A.
contents Chiral anomalies resulting from the breaking of classical symmetries at the quantum level are fundamental to quantum field theory and gaining ever-growing importance in the description of topological materials in condensed matter physics. Here we present analytical solutions of the Dirac equation for massless 3+1 fermions confined to an infinite stripe and placed into a background gauge field forming a triangular potential well across the width of the stripe. Such an effective 1+1 system hosts zero-energy modes resulting in the gauge field-dependent chiral anomaly structure. This problem has a direct relation to a half-bearded graphene nanoribbon placed into an in-plane external electric field and offers it an exact solution in terms of new special functions that are similar but not reducible to Airy functions.
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spellingShingle On a Solution to the Dirac Equation with a Triangular Potential Well
Payod, Renebeth B.
Saroka, Vasil A.
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
Quantum Physics
Chiral anomalies resulting from the breaking of classical symmetries at the quantum level are fundamental to quantum field theory and gaining ever-growing importance in the description of topological materials in condensed matter physics. Here we present analytical solutions of the Dirac equation for massless 3+1 fermions confined to an infinite stripe and placed into a background gauge field forming a triangular potential well across the width of the stripe. Such an effective 1+1 system hosts zero-energy modes resulting in the gauge field-dependent chiral anomaly structure. This problem has a direct relation to a half-bearded graphene nanoribbon placed into an in-plane external electric field and offers it an exact solution in terms of new special functions that are similar but not reducible to Airy functions.
title On a Solution to the Dirac Equation with a Triangular Potential Well
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.04595