A relativistic spin zero particle in a spherical cavity

作者:Gouveia Tome M*; Fiolhais Miguel C N; Birman Joseph L
来源:European Journal of Physics, 2015, 36(5): 055021.
DOI:10.1088/0143-0807/36/5/055021

摘要

The problem of a relativistic massive scalar particle trapped in an infinite potential spherical well is pedagogically addressed in this paper. The wave function solutions and probability density of the Klein-Gordon equation in spherical coordinates are derived, as well as the energy levels. The results are compared with the non-relativistic solutions of the Schrodinger equation for different values of the particle's mass. As expected, for very large masses the non-relativistic results are recovered. For illustration, these results are discussed in the specific case of the standard model Higgs field constrained inside a proton, in the quadratic approximation of the Higgs potential around the expectation value.

  • 出版日期2015-9