Scalar particle with the Darwin – Cox intrinsic structure in the external Coulomb field

The generalized Klein – Fock – Gordon equation for a particle with the Darwin–Cox structure allowing for a charge distribution of a particle over a sphere of finite radius is studied with regard to the external Coulomb field. The separation of variables is carried out, the obtained radial equation is significantly more complicated than the equation in the case of ordinary particles, it has essentially singular points r = 0 of rank 3, r = ∞ of rank 2 and 4 regular singular points. In the case of a minimum orbital momentum l = 0, the structure of singularities is simplified: there are essentially singular points r = 0, r = ∞ of rank 2 and 4 regular singular points. Frobenius solutions of this equation are constructed and the structure of the 7-term recurrence relations for the coefficients of the arising power series is investigated. As an analytical quantization condition, the generalized transcendence requirement of solutions is used; it allows one to obtain a fourth-degree algebraic equation for energy levels. The equation has 4 sets of roots depending on the orbital moment l and the main quantum number k = 1,2,3,… . The numerical analysis shows that one of the sets of the roots 0 < εl,k < mc2 can be interpreted as those corresponding to certain bound states of the particle in the Coulomb field.

scalar particle with the Darwin – Cox structure, Coulomb field, Klein – Fock – Gordon equation, essentially singular points, Frobenius solutions, bound state

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