On real solutions of the Dirac equation for a one-dimensional Majorana particle

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2007.03072v1
• Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2020 21:23:03 GMT
• Title: On real solutions of the Dirac equation for a one-dimensional Majorana particle
• Authors: Salvatore De Vincenzo
• Abstract summary: We construct general solutions of the time-dependent Dirac equation in (1+1) dimensions with a Lorentz scalar potential. In this situation, these solutions are real-valued and describe a one-dimensional Majorana single particle.
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• Abstract: We construct general solutions of the time-dependent Dirac equation in (1+1) dimensions with a Lorentz scalar potential, subject to the so-called Majorana condition, in the Majorana representation. In this situation, these solutions are real-valued and describe a one-dimensional Majorana single particle. We specifically obtain solutions for the following cases: a Majorana particle at rest inside a box, a free (i.e., in a penetrable box with the periodic boundary condition), in an impenetrable box with no potential (here we only have four boundary conditions), and in a linear potential. All these problems are treated in a very detailed and systematic way. In addition, we obtain and discuss various results related to real wave functions. Finally, we also wish to point out that, in choosing the Majorana representation, the solutions of the Dirac equation with a Lorentz scalar potential can be chosen to be real but do not need to be real. In fact, complex solutions for this equation can also be obtained. Thus, a Majorana particle cannot be described only with the Dirac equation in the Majorana representation without explicitly imposing the Majorana condition.

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