Scattering, bound states, and resonances in the one-dimensional Dirac equation via supersymmetric quantum mechanics
Abstract
We develop a unified treatment of scattering and discrete spectra for the one-dimensional Dirac equation with scalar and vector interactions. Under the spin-symmetry condition, the coupled first-order Dirac system maps exactly onto an effective Sturm--Liouville (Schrö\-din\-ger-like) problem for a single spinor component. This mapping provides a convenient framework for analyzing transmission, reflection, and analytic continuation. As an explicit application, we consider effective interactions of hyperbolic Pöschl--Teller type and exploit supersymmetric quantum mechanics and shape invariance to obtain a closed-form expression for the transmission probability. The bound-state spectrum is then recovered from the poles of the analytically continued transmission amplitude, reproducing known results and offering a unified description of scattering and bound states. For the barrier configuration, we briefly comment on the resulting pole pattern in the complex momentum plane and its connection with resonance and quasi-normal-mode behavior. Moreover, we use the chiral transformation to relate the spin- and pseudospin-symmetry sectors and translate results between them without repeating the full derivation.
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BibTeX
@misc{soares2026scattering,
title = {{Scattering, bound states, and resonances in the one-dimensional Dirac equation via supersymmetric quantum mechanics}},
author = {Camila C. Soares and Luis B. Castro and Antonio S. de Castro},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = jul,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2607.00306},
eprint = {2607.00306},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.00306},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Scattering, bound states, and resonances in the one-dimensional Dirac equation via supersymmetric quantum mechanics
AU - Camila C. Soares
AU - Luis B. Castro
AU - Antonio S. de Castro
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/07/01
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2607.00306
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.00306
AB - We develop a unified treatment of scattering and discrete spectra for the one-dimensional Dirac equation with scalar and vector interactions. Under the spin-symmetry condition, the coupled first-order Dirac system maps exactly onto an effective Sturm--Liouville (Schrö\-din\-ger-like) problem for a single spinor component. This mapping provides a convenient framework for analyzing transmission, reflection, and analytic continuation. As an explicit application, we consider effective interactions of hyperbolic Pöschl--Teller type and exploit supersymmetric quantum mechanics and shape invariance to obtain a closed-form expression for the transmission probability. The bound-state spectrum is then recovered from the poles of the analytically continued transmission amplitude, reproducing known results and offering a unified description of scattering and bound states. For the barrier configuration, we briefly comment on the resulting pole pattern in the complex momentum plane and its connection with resonance and quasi-normal-mode behavior. Moreover, we use the chiral transformation to relate the spin- and pseudospin-symmetry sectors and translate results between them without repeating the full derivation.
ER -