Three-dimensional Dirac oscillator in a thermal bath

Abstract

The thermal properties of the three-dimensional Dirac oscillator are considered. The canonical partition function is determined, and the high-temperature limit is assessed. The degeneracy of energy levels and their physical implications on the main thermodynamic functions are analyzed, revealing that these functions assume values greater than the one-dimensional case. So that at high temperatures, the limit value of the specific heat is three times bigger.

9 pages, 4 figures. Text improved, references added. Revised to match accepted version in Europhysics Letters B

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• The 2D $\kappa$-Dirac oscillator

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