Creation rate of Dirac particles at a point source

Henheik SJ, Tumulka R. 2023. Creation rate of Dirac particles at a point source. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. 56(44), 445201.

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Henheik, Sven JoschaISTA ; Tumulka, Roderich
Abstract
Only recently has it been possible to construct a self-adjoint Hamiltonian that involves the creation of Dirac particles at a point source in 3d space. Its definition makes use of an interior-boundary condition. Here, we develop for this Hamiltonian a corresponding theory of the Bohmian configuration. That is, we (non-rigorously) construct a Markov jump process $(Q_t)_{t\in\mathbb{R}}$ in the configuration space of a variable number of particles that is $|\psi_t|^2$-distributed at every time t and follows Bohmian trajectories between the jumps. The jumps correspond to particle creation or annihilation events and occur either to or from a configuration with a particle located at the source. The process is the natural analog of Bell's jump process, and a central piece in its construction is the determination of the rate of particle creation. The construction requires an analysis of the asymptotic behavior of the Bohmian trajectories near the source. We find that the particle reaches the source with radial speed 0, but orbits around the source infinitely many times in finite time before absorption (or after emission).
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2023-10-11
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Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Acknowledgement
J H gratefully acknowledges partial financial support by the ERC Advanced Grant 'RMTBeyond' No. 101020331.
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56
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44
Article Number
445201
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Henheik SJ, Tumulka R. Creation rate of Dirac particles at a point source. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. 2023;56(44). doi:10.1088/1751-8121/acfe62
Henheik, S. J., & Tumulka, R. (2023). Creation rate of Dirac particles at a point source. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. IOP Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8121/acfe62
Henheik, Sven Joscha, and Roderich Tumulka. “Creation Rate of Dirac Particles at a Point Source.” Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. IOP Publishing, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8121/acfe62.
S. J. Henheik and R. Tumulka, “Creation rate of Dirac particles at a point source,” Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, vol. 56, no. 44. IOP Publishing, 2023.
Henheik SJ, Tumulka R. 2023. Creation rate of Dirac particles at a point source. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. 56(44), 445201.
Henheik, Sven Joscha, and Roderich Tumulka. “Creation Rate of Dirac Particles at a Point Source.” Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, vol. 56, no. 44, 445201, IOP Publishing, 2023, doi:10.1088/1751-8121/acfe62.
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