Bounded Solutions of the Dirac Equation with a PT-symmetric Kink-Like Vector Potential in Two-Dimensional Space-Time

Abstract

The (1+1)-dimensional Dirac equation with a PT-symmetric kink-like vector potential is investigated. By using the basic concepts of the supersymmetric WKB formalism and the function analysis method, we solve exactly the Dirac equation and obtain the bound-state energy levels and two-component spinor components. The PT-symmetric kink-like potential is not Hermitian and absent of bound states in the context of non-relativistic Schrodinger equation, but it possesses two sets of real discrete relativistic energy spectra in the context of the Dirac theory. When the PT symmetry is spontaneously broken, two sets of real energy spectra come into complex conjugate.