Spinors on a tetrahedron
- 15 August 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 36 (4) , 1095-1102
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.36.1095
Abstract
The Dirac equation on the surface of a tetrahedron is solved for free motion and also in the presence of a magnetic field. The Casimir vacuum energy is calculated in the free case and is shown to be a nonanalytic modular form. The vacuum charge polarization is evaluated in the magnetic case and the 1+1 axial anomaly is briefly considered. Some θ-function identities are incidentally employed.Keywords
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