Quantum Dynamics of Scalar Particles in a Spinning Cosmic String Background with Topological Defects: A Feshbach-Villars Formalism Perspective

Abstract

We study the relativistic quantum dynamics of spin-0 particles in the spacetime of a spinning cosmic string that carries both spacelike disclination (conical deficit $\hat{I}\pm$) and screw dislocation (torsion $J_z$), as well as frame dragging ($J_t$). Using the Feshbach-Villars (FV) reformulation of the Klein-Gordon equation, we obtain a first-order Hamiltonian with a positive-definite density, enabling a clean probabilistic interpretation for bosons in curved or topologically nontrivial backgrounds. In the weak-field regime (retaining terms $\mathcal{O}(G)$ and discarding the $\mathcal{O}(G^2)$ contribution that would otherwise lead to double-confluent Heun behavior), separation of variables in a finite cylinder of radius $R_0$ yields a Bessel radial equation with an effective index $\hat{I}½(\hat{I}\pm ,J_t,J_z;E,k)$ that mixes rotation and torsion. The hard-wall condition $J_{\hat{I}}½(\hat{I}ºR_0)=0$ quantizes the spectrum, $E_n^2=m^2+k^2+{\left(\frac{j_{\hat{I}½,n}}{R_0}\right)}^2$. Working in the stationary positive-energy sector, we derive closed-form normalized eigenfunctions and FV density, and we evaluate information-theoretic indicators (Fisher information and Shannon entropy) directly from the FV probability density. We find that increased effective confinement (via geometry/torsion) enhances Fisher information and reduces position-space Shannon entropy, quantitatively linking defect parameters to localisation/complexity. The FV framework thus provides a robust, computationally transparent route to spectroscopy and information measures for scalar particles in rotating/torsional string backgrounds, and it smoothly reproduces the pure-rotation, pure-torsion, and flat-spacetime limits.

Our paper is accepted for publication in the EPJC Journal