An exact solution of the dirac oscillator problem in the context of generalized uncertainty principle

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AN EXACT SOLUTION OF THE DIRAC OSCILLATOR PROBLEM IN
THE CONTEXT OF GENERALIZED UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE
Md. Arifuzzaman1
, Md. Moniruzzaman2
, S. B. Faruque3
1
Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, International Islamic University Chittagong,
Chittagong-4203, Bangladesh, arifphy_uzzaman@yahoo.com
2
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Santosh,
Tangail-1902, Bangladesh, monir_m17@yahoo.com
3
Professor, Department of Physics, Shah Jalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh,
awsbf62@yahoo.com
Abstract
In this paper, we present an exact solution of the Dirac oscillator problem in one dimension in the context of the generalized
uncertainty principle (GUP). The solution method presented here depends on the knowledge of the energy eigenvalues of the quantum
harmonic oscillator with GUP. The crucial property of harmonic oscillator that the kinetic energy and the potential energy part of the
Hamiltonian are of equal weight is used to obtain exact energy spectrum. Our result coincides with the results found in the literature.
However, the solution procedure is completely different from others, very handy and alternative one. Moreover, we also remark the
super symmetry aspects of the system.
Keywords: Dirac Oscillator; Generalized Uncertainty Principle; a Minimal Length.
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1. INTRODUCTION
In the view point of quantum mechanics, Kempf et al [1-4] has
modified the usual canonical commutation relation between
position and momentum operators as   )1(, 2
pipx   ,
where  is a small positive parameter called the deformation
parameter so that a minimal length can be introduced as an
additional uncertainty in position measurement. A non-zero
minimal position uncertainty has appeared in the context of
the string theory [5-10] which arises due to the fact that the
string cannot have probe distances smaller than the string
scale  . Non-commutative geometries [11], black hole
physics [12] and the holographic principle [13] also furnish
the more strong evidence for the occurrence of the minimal
length. This modified commutation relation leads to the
standard Heisenberg uncertainty relation as
  2
1
2
ppx  

, which evidently implies the
existence of a non–zero minimal length, x .This
modification of uncertainty relation is usually termed the
generalized uncertainty principle (GUP) [14] or the minimal
length uncertainty principle. In the context of the GUP the
momentum operator acts as




















2
3
1
x
i
x
ipop 

and the position
operator remains the usual operator xxop  for
configuration space [2].
At the present time, one of the common aspects of the notion
of the GUP is to unify quantum mechanics with general
relativity in the realm of quantum gravity [15]. Another is the
minimal length may regularize unwanted divergences in the
quantum field theory [16]. The minimal length also may be of
great concern in non-relativistic quantum mechanics. In
reality, it has been conjectured that the minimal length can be
inferred as an intrinsic scale characterizing the structure of the
considered system and its finite size under study [16].
Accordingly, the formalism of the GUP can also propose a
most up-to-date model for effective description of complex
systems such as quasi-particles and various collective
excitations in solid or composite particles, such as molecules,
nuclei, and nucleons [4, 17].
Many authors at present engage to study the influence of GUP
on quantum mechanical problems and a large number of
problems have been studied in association with the GUP over
the last decade: The harmonic oscillator problem in arbitrary
dimensions has been solved exactly in [18]. An approximate
energy spectrum of the hydrogen atom in presence of the

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minimal length has been obtained in coordinate space in [19].
The implications of a generalized uncertainty relation on
cosmology have been discussed in many papers; for example,
see [20-22]. The roles of GUP on generalization of the
electromagnetic field have been studied in [23]. The dynamics
of a particle in a gravitational quantum well in the framework
of non-relativistic quantum mechanics with GUP has been
discussed in [24]. The free particle Dirac equation with GUP
has been solved in [25]. Dirac oscillator in three dimensions
has been analyzed in [26]. Some aspects of the one-
dimensional harmonic oscillator in GUP picture have been
studied in [27, 28]. Quantum mechanical scattering problem
for the Yukawa and the Coulomb potential has been studied in
[29]. Under the influence of the GUP, the dominant
contribution to the energy levels of the (1+1) dimensional
Dirac equation with a linear scalar-like potential has been
obtained approximately in [30]. The energy spectrums of the
(1+1) dimensional Dirac equation with mixed vector-scalar
linear potentials in [31] and a linear scalar-like potential in
[32] have been obtained exactly. The exact energy spectrum of
a relativistic electron in the presence of a static magmatic field
and in the scenario of GUP has been obtained in [33].
In this paper, we present an exact solution of the Dirac
oscillator problem in one dimension in the context of the GUP
and along with the context of the usual Heisenberg uncertainty
principle. We show an easy and simpler method to find the
energy spectrum. The method depends on the knowledge of
the energy spectrum of harmonic oscillator with GUP. We
also implement the property of harmonic oscillator, the kinetic
energy and the potential energy part of the Hamiltonian are of
equal weight, to obtain exact energy spectrum. Our result fully
coincides with existing result in the literature [34]. Therefore,
this paper presents a handy alternative method of an exact
solution of the Dirac oscillator in one dimension with GUP.
The paper also manifests the super symmetry aspects of the
system. The Dirac oscillator is important since it possesses
physical applications in semiconductor physics [35].
The paper is arranged as follows: In section 2, at first we
simplify the Dirac oscillator problem in one dimension, where
the problem is reduced to two coupled differential equations.
Then we solve the coupled equations in the framework of the
usual Heisenberg uncertainty principle in sub section 2.1 and
the GUP in sub section 2.2 and we obtain the exact energy
spectrum and the super symmetry aspects of the system.
Finally in section 3, we give a brief conclusion.
2. EXACT SOLUTION OF THE DIRAC
OSCILLATOR IN ONE-DIMENSION
The stationary equation describing the Dirac oscillator in one
dimension is given by [36]
   Emcxmipc  2
, (1)
where m is the rest mass, ω is the classical frequency of the
oscillator and  is a two-component spinor. Note that
equation (1) is obtained from the Dirac equation in one
dimension by the substitution xmipp  .
We use following representation of the Dirac matrices:
y 
, z  (2)
and use tow component form of  as







2
1



. (3)
We obtain the following two coupled equations for 1 and
2 :
   1
22
2
2
1
2222
,  





 cm
c
E
pximxmp
(4.1.)
and
   2
22
2
2
2
2222
,  





 cm
c
E
pximxmp
.
(4.2)
2.1 IMPLICATIPON OF THE USUAL
HEISENBERG UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE
Now, we attend to the problem of solving equations (4.1) and
(4.2) in the context of the usual Heisenberg algebra.
Using
  ipx , in equations (4.1) and (4.2) we obtain the
fallowing simultaneous equations
1
2
2
2
1
22
2
2222
1
2

















mc
mc
E
xm
m
p
(5.1)
and
2
2
2
2
2
22
2
2222
1
2

















mc
mc
E
xm
m
p
(5.2).
Both equations of (5.1) and (5.2) are the equation of harmonic
oscillators with frequency ω. Hence, we find from equation
(5.1) and (5.2) for the spectrum of 1 , the following:
422
2 cmcnmEn  
,
,..3,2,1,0n .
(6.1)

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and for the spectrum of 2 , the following:
  422'
12 cmcmnEn   , ,..3,2,1,0'
n .
(6.2)
The spectra associated with
'
2n

[equation (6.2)] is exactly
the same as that of n1 [equation (6.1)] except that n1
possesses an extra level, the base state ( 0n ). Hence, n1
and
'
2n

are super symmetric partners, though very simple,
where n1 and
'
2n

are the wave function of simple harmonic
oscillator.
2.2 IMPLICATION OF THE GENERALIZED
UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE
Now, we attend to the problem of solving equations (4.1) and
(4.2) with the generalized Heisenberg algebra. Upon
substitution of the generalized Heisenberg
algebra
  )1(, 2
pipx   , in equations (4.1) and (4.2),
these equations reduce to the following forms respectively:
  1
2
2
2
1
22
2
2222
1
2
1 


















mc
mc
E
xm
m
p
m
(7.1)
and
  2
2
2
2
2
22
2
2222
1
2
1 


















mc
mc
E
xm
m
p
m
. (7.2)
Remark that the factors
  m1 which occurs as
multiplications of kinetic energy operator are unit less
quantities and except the factors both equations (7.1) and (7.2)
are deformed harmonic oscillator i.e. harmonic oscillator with
GUP. Thus, we can use the property of harmonic oscillator to
obtain the energy levels. For harmonic oscillator, the kinetic
energy part of the Hamiltonian is of equal weight to the
potential energy part, to obtain the energy levels. Classically,
on average the potential energy is equal to the kinetic energy.
To obtain the spectra, we can employ this feature in the
following way [32]: Divide the spectra of deformed harmonic
oscillator in two equal parts and multiply one of the two equal
parts by the factor
  m1 for equation (7.1) and
  m1 for equation (7.2). Now, the energy levels of
deformed harmonic oscillator are [18]
22
1
2
1 22
2 



m
nnnEn 












,
,..3,2,1,0n (8)
Hence, the preconception as mentioned and neglecting the
term of highest order  , we have for equation (7.1)
,21 2
22
2
2
2
c
n
mc
nmcEn
 

,..3,2,1,0n (9.1)
And for equation (7.2)
    2
22
2'
2
'2
1121'
c
n
mc
nmcEn
 

,
,..3,2,1,0'
n . (9.2)
The spectrum of the Dirac oscillator in presence of the
minimal length is given by both equations (9.1) and (9.2). The
energy spectrum given by equation (9.1) fully coincides the
spectrum obtained in [15]. Note that equation (9.1) gives an
extra state at 0n , which is an upshot of the existence of the
minimal length. This is a manifestation of super symmetry. If
we set the deformation parameter
0 in equations (9.1)
and (9.2) then the equations coincide with the equations (6.1)
and (6.2) respectively.
CONCLUSIONS
In this paper, the Dirac oscillator problem has been reduced to
two coupled differential equations. We have presented a
comprehensive procedure to solve the coupled equations in the
framework of the usual Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
Under the framework of the GUP, the coupled equations can
be cast into the form of deformed harmonic oscillator i.e. the
form of harmonic oscillator with GUP with additionally a unit
less factor take place as a multiplication of kinetic energy
operator. We have the crucial property of harmonic oscillator
that is the kinetic energy and the potential energy part of the
Hamiltonian are of equal weight. Using the energy spectrum
of deformed harmonic oscillator i.e. harmonic oscillator with
GUP, we have obtained the energy spectrum of the coupled
equations. The expression of the energy spectrum contains n2-
dependence term as the energy levels of a particle confined in
a potential well which is a consequence of the presence of
minimal length. Our obtained energy spectrums are supported

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with the existing energy spectrum found in [34]. Additionally,
we obtain an extra energy level with quantum number
0n which is another consequence of the presence of
minimal length. This reveals a manifestation of super
symmetry of the system.
In conclusion, we present a simpler alternative method of
exact solution of the Dirac oscillator in one dimension in the
perspective of the GUP. The solution procedure becomes
simpler due to apply of the property of simple harmonic
oscillator, the kinetic energy and the potential energy part of
the Hamiltonian are of equal weight, to obtain exact energy
spectrum. Finally, we conclude that we have presented a piece
of information to the scientific society.
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BIOGRAPHIES
Md. Arifuzzaman obtained his Bachelor's and Master’s degree
in Physics from the faculty of Physical Sciences, Shah Jalal
University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh in 2009.
After completing his graduation, He has been working as a
faculty member in Physics under the department of Electrical
and Electronic Engineering at International Islamic University
Chittagong, Bangladesh since 2009.
Md. Moniruzzaman obtained his Bachelor's and Master’s
degree in Physics from the faculty of Physical Sciences, Shah
Jalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh in
2010. At present, He is working as an Assistant Professor in
Physics under the faculty of Science at Mawlana Bhashani
Science and Technology University, Santosh, Tangail-1902,
Bangladesh.
Dr. Syed Badiuzzaman Faruque is the Professor in the
Department of Physics under the faculty of Physical Sciences
at Shah Jalal University of Science and Technology,
Bangladesh. His area of research interest in the fields of
Gravitational Physics and Quantum Mechanics. He has
published about 25 research articles in various internationally
reputed journals.

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