Trapping Dirac fermions in tubes generated by two scalar fields

preprint2013arXivOpen access

Abstract

In this work we consider (1,1)−(1,1)-dimensional resonant Dirac fermionic states on tube-like topological defects. The defects are formed by rings in (2,1)(2,1) dimensions, constructed with two scalar field ϕϕ and χχ, and embedded in the (3,1)−(3,1)-dimensional Minkowski spacetime. The tube-like defects are attained from a lagrangian density explicitly dependent with the radial distance rr relative to the ring axis and the radius and thickness of the its cross-section are related to the energy density. For our purposes we analyze a general Yukawa-like coupling between the topological defect and the fermionic field ηF(ϕ,χ)ψˉψηF(ϕ,χ)\barψψ. With a convenient decomposition of the fermionic fields in left- and right- chiralities, we establish a coupled set of first order differential equations for the amplitudes of the left- and right- components of the Dirac field. After decoupling and decomposing the amplitudes in polar coordinates, the radial modes satisfy Schrödinger-like equations whose eigenvalues are the masses of the fermionic resonances. With F(ϕ,χ)=ϕχF(ϕ,χ)=ϕχ the Schrödinger-like equations are numerically solved with appropriated boundary conditions. Several resonance peaks for both chiralities are obtained, and the results are confronted with the qualitative analysis of the Schrödinger-like potentials.

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