Twisted charged particles in the uniform magnetic field with broken symmetry
arXiv:2404.00283 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.110.022204
Abstract
We present a theoretical description of charged particles with nonzero projection of the orbital angular momentum (OAM) in a uniform magnetic field with broken axial symmetry. The wave functions we find naturally account for the asymmetry of the magnetic field at the entrance of the solenoid through the continuous parameter and are a generalization of the Laguerre-Gauss states commonly used to describe twisted charged particles. We analyze the asymmetric Hamiltonian from an algebraic point of view and show how the OAM projection of the twisted state is modified by symmetry breaking. We provide analytical frameworks for properties of the asymmetric states, such as energy, RMS size, and Cazimir invariant, and discuss advantages of the proposed description.
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