| Grant number: | 19/03626-4 |
| Support type: | Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International |
| Duration: | June 28, 2019 - July 18, 2019 |
| Field of knowledge: | Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics |
| Principal Investigator: | Antonio Soares de Castro |
| Grantee: | Antonio Soares de Castro |
| Visiting researcher: | Pedro Almeida Vieira Alberto |
| Visiting researcher institution: | Universidade de Coimbra (UC), Portugal |
| Home Institution: | Faculdade de Engenharia (FEG). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Guaratinguetá. Guaratinguetá , SP, Brazil |
Abstract
When describing quantum relativistic spin-1/2 particles moving in a plane one can in principle use Dirac matrices realized by either $2\times 2$ matrices (2-component spinors) or $4\times 4$ matrices (4-component spinors) in the quantum equation of motion. However, when spin is a relevant degree of freedom for particle dynamics, as when na external magnetic field is applied, it is important to assess how this is taken into account in those two realizations. In the iterature, thissometimes is not so clear as far as the $2\times 2$ realization is concerned. To reply to this question, and at the same time assess the effect of spinor dimensionality on an energy spectrum which depends on spin, we compute the bound solutions of those Dirac equations when it is applied a constant magnetic field perpendicular to the plane of motion. The conclusions arerelevant to several physics domainswhere the Dirac equation is applied for 2-dimensional relativisitic quantum motion, including graphene systems. (AU)