Physica Scripta
Study of energies spectra and thermodynamic properties of the relativistic Dirac equation using Feynman path integral method
Mohamed Douici, Hocine Boukabcha, Rachid Fermous
Abstract
Abstract In the current paper, the contribution of a Coulomb-like potential tensor interaction on the solution of the Dirac equation with a new generalized Morse-like potential is investigated using the Feynman path integral method. Relativistic and non-relativistic energy spectra were obtained. It has been established that the Coulomb-like potential eliminates the degeneracy of all pairs of spin doublets. Using the resulting non-relativistic energy eigenvalues equation, three diatomic molecules (H2, LiH, and HCl) were investigated and their thermodynamic properties, including mean energy, free energy, entropy, and specific heat capacity were shown. A comparison with the available literature shows that the thermodynamic plots obtained are consistent with previous work.