The spin-one Duffin-Kemmer-Petiau equation revisited: analytical study of its structure and a careful choice of interaction

TL;DR

This paper provides an analytical study of the spin-one Duffin-Kemmer-Petiau equation, exploring its structure, interaction choices, and parity states, with applications to various phenomenological potentials and implications for future research.

Contribution

It offers a detailed analytical framework for the DKP equation with non-minimal vector interactions, emphasizing the importance of parity states and Lie algebraic methods.

Findings

Explicit solutions for various potentials including Coulomb and Kratzer types.

Demonstration of the absence of the Klein paradox in studied regimes.

Highlighting the necessity of careful treatment of abnormal parity states.

Abstract

The Duffin-Kemmer-Petiau equation is investigated for spin one bosons with the so-called natural (normal) and unnatural (abnormal) parity states for non-minimal vector interactions. To illustrate the current state of knowledge about the equation, a thorough but concise discussion is made on what can be achieved analytically within this framework for well-known phenomenological interactions, including Coulomb, soft-core, Cornell, Kratzer, and exponential type interactions. In the non-exponential cases, the equation, depending on the chosen interaction, is studied in relation to the confluent, doubly-confluent, and biconfluent Heun functions. Furthermore, to show the need for careful treatment of various parity states, a Kratzer-type potential, such as a generalized Coulomb interaction, is discussed in depth using the Lie algebraic approach, showing the need for careful analysis of abnormal parity states in a fairly explicit way. The energies obtained are discussed using some figures to explicitly show the different regimes, as well as the absence of the Klein paradox. Finally, some directions for future work that would undoubtedly need to be explored in this field are discussed.