No existence of the geometric potential for a Dirac fermion on a two-dimensional curved surface of revolution
Z.Q. Yang, X. Y. Zhou, Z. Li +2 more
For a free particle that moves non-relativistically on a curved surface, there are curvature-induced quantum potentials that significantly influence the surface quantum states. However, the experimental results in topological insulators, whether curved or not, indicate no evidence of such a potential for the relativistic particles constrained on the curved surface. Within the framework of Dirac quantization scheme, we demonstrate a general result that for a Dirac fermion on a two-dimensional curved surface of revolution, no curvature-induced quantum potential is permissible.
arXiv:1912.02462•Physics Letters A•May 29, 2020•4 citations