Quantum singularities around a global monopole

João Paulo M. Pitelli and Patricio S. Letelier
Phys. Rev. D 80, 104035 – Published 24 November 2009

Abstract

The behavior of a massive scalar particle on the spacetime surrounding a monopole is studied from a quantum mechanical point of view. All the boundary conditions necessary to turn the spatial portion of the wave operator self-adjoint are found and their importance to the quantum interpretation of singularities is emphasized.

  • Received 13 October 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.80.104035

©2009 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

João Paulo M. Pitelli* and Patricio S. Letelier

  • Departamento de Matemática Aplicada-IMECC, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13081-970 Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

  • *pitelli@ime.unicamp.br
  • letelier@ime.unicamp.br

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Vol. 80, Iss. 10 — 15 November 2009

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