arXiv:1911.00454 · The European Physical Journal Plus

Supersymmetric Dirac Hamiltonians in ($$1+1$$) dimensions revisited

Georg Junker

Published Jun 1, 2020• 17 citations

Abstract

Abstract The most general Dirac Hamiltonians in $$(1+1)$$ ( 1 + 1 ) dimensions are revisited under the requirement to exhibit a supersymmetric structure. It is found that supersymmetry allows either for a scalar or a pseudo-scalar potential. Their spectral properties are shown to be represented by those of the associated non-relativistic Witten model. The general discussion is extended to include the corresponding relativistic and non-relativistic resolvents. As example, the well-studied relativistic Dirac oscillator is considered and the associated resolved kernel is found in a closed-form expression by utilising the energy-dependent Green’s function of the non-relativistic harmonic oscillator. The supersymmetric quasi-classical approximation for the Witten model is extended to the associated relativistic model.

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-020-00464-y

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Supersymmetric Dirac Hamiltonians in ( $1+1$ ) dimensions revisitedSupersymmetric Dirac Hamiltonians in ($$1+1$$) dimensions revisited

Georg Junker

Published Jun 1, 2020• 17 citations

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Abstract The most general Dirac Hamiltonians in

(1+1)

( 1 + 1 ) dimensions are revisited under the requirement to exhibit a supersymmetric structure. It is found that supersymmetry allows either for a scalar or a pseudo-scalar potential. Their spectral properties are shown to be represented by those of the associated non-relativistic Witten model. The general discussion is extended to include the corresponding relativistic and non-relativistic resolvents. As example, the well-studied relativistic Dirac oscillator is considered and the associated resolved kernel is found in a closed-form expression by utilising the energy-dependent Green’s function of the non-relativistic harmonic oscillator. The supersymmetric quasi-classical approximation for the Witten model is extended to the associated relativistic model.

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Supersymmetric Dirac Hamiltonians in (

1+1

) dimensions revisited

Abstract The most general Dirac Hamiltonians in

(1+1)

The Dirac equation in one dimension with a Lorentz scalar potential is associated with a supersymmetric pair of Schr\"odinger Hamiltonians

{\mathit{H}}_{1}

and

{\mathit{H}}_{2}

. The

{\mathit{H}}_{1}

and

{\mathit{H}}_{2}

share the same energy spectrum and scattering phases. The shared spectrum includes the lowest states unless the Dirac equation allows a zero mode (a zero-energy bound state). This situation is unlike the common examples of supersymmetric quantum mechanics. The Dirac equation admits a zero mode only if the scalar potential has certain ``topology.'' Various such features are illustrated through explicit examples. In particular, the phase equivalence between

{\mathit{H}}_{1}

and

{\mathit{H}}_{2}

is exploited to construct transparent potentials for the Dirac equation in one dimension.

\frac{1}{2}

1 2 degree of freedom, provides new insights to known models like the radial harmonic oscillator and the Coulomb problem. We also find a few new exactly solvable models, one of them exhibiting a new mixed type of shape invariance containing translation and scaling of potential parameters. The fundamental role as Witten parity played by the spin-orbit operator is high-lighted.

We propose a nonlocal extension of the generalized Dirac oscillator (GDO) in

(1+1)

dimensions by replacing the multiplicative interaction

f(x)

with an integral operator

\hat F

with kernel

f(x,x')

. The resulting Dirac equation preserves an operator factorization and decouples into two nonlocal Schrödinger-type (Sturm--Liouville) equations for the spinor components. We derive explicit expressions for the associated supersymmetric partner kernels in terms of

f

and its derivatives, and we show that a complex-translation metric

η=e^{-θp_x}

leads to a simple sufficient \emph{kernel-level} pseudo-Hermiticity constraint, $f(x+\ii\hbarθ,x'+\ii\hbarθ)=f^*(x',x)$, extending the familiar local complex-shift criteria. To provide a transparent \emph{nonlocal-to-local} interpretation, we adapt the Coz--Arnold--MacKellar current-based localization to each component equation, obtaining energy-dependent equivalent local potentials and multiplicative Perey (damping) factors. The mapping breaks down precisely at current zeros, thereby diagnosing the spurious solutions of the corresponding nonlocal Schrödinger problem. Finally, we illustrate the formalism with analytically tractable benchmarks (the local Dirac oscillator and a translation-invariant kernel) and with a finite-rank separable model (Gaussian form factor) that reduces the integro-differential problem to a small set of coupled ordinary differential equations and algebraic constraints.