Fermion self-trapping in the optical geometry of Einstein-Dirac solitons
Date
15/05/2020Metadata
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We analyze gravitationally localized states of multiple fermions with high angular momenta, in the formalism introduced by Finster, Smoller, and Yau [Phys Rev. D 59, 104020 (1999)]. We show that the resulting solitonlike wave functions can be naturally interpreted in terms of a form of self-trapping, where the fermions become localized on shells the locations of which correspond to those of “bulges” in the optical geometry created by their own energy density.
Citation
Leith , P E D , Hooley , C A , Horne , K & Dritschel , D G 2020 , ' Fermion self-trapping in the optical geometry of Einstein-Dirac solitons ' , Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology , vol. 101 , no. 10 , 106012 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.101.106012
Publication
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1550-7998Type
Journal article
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Funding: St Leonards scholarship from the University of St Andrews and from UKRI under EPSRC Grant No. EP/R513337/1 (P.E.D.L).Collections
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