Quantum States of a Neutral Massive Fermion with an Anomalous Magnetic Moment in an External Electric Field

Abstract

The quantum dynamics of a nonrelativistic neutral massive fermion with an anomalous magnetic moment (AMM) is examined in the external electric field of an infinitely long thin homogeneously charged thread in the plane with a normal directed along the thread. The Hamiltonian of the Dirac–Pauli equation for a neutral fermion with AMM is essentially singular in the considered external field and requires a supplementary extension of the definition in order for it to be treated as a self-adjoint quantum-mechanical operator. All one-parameter self-adjoint extensions of the Hamiltonian of the Dirac–Pauli equation in the considered external field are found in the nonrelativistic approximation. The corresponding Hilbert space of squareintegrable functions, including a singularity point of the Hamiltonian, is specified for each self-adjoint extension of the Hamiltonian. The wave functions of free and bound states, as well as discrete energy levels, are determined by the self-adjoint extension method and their correspondence with similar quantities obtained by the physical regularization procedure is discussed. It is shown that energy levels of bound states are simple poles of the scattering amplitude, which should be extended in definition by introducing the self-adjoint extension parameter into it. Expressions for the scattering amplitude and cross-section, depending on the orientation of the initial-state spin of fermion, are obtained.