Quantum Mechanics of Particle on a torus knot: Curvature and Torsion Effects
arXiv:1908.06423 · doi:10.1209/0295-5075/132/10004
Abstract
Constraints play an important role in dynamical systems. However, the subtle effect of constraints in quantum mechanics is not very well studied. In the present work we concentrate on the quantum dynamics of a point particle moving on a non-trivial torus knot. We explicitly take into account the role of curvature and torsion, generated by the constraints that keep the particle on the knot. We exploit the "Geometry Induced Potential (GIP) approach" to construct the Schrodinger equation for the dynamical system, obtaining thereby new results in terms of particle energy eigenvalues and eigenfunctions. We compare our results with existing literature that completely ignored the contributions of curvature and torsion. In particular, we explicitly show how the "knottedness" of the path influences the results. In the process we have revealed a (possibly un-noticed) "topological invariant".
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