Self-interacting quantum particles and the Dirac delta potential

TL;DR

This paper explores the effects of the Dirac delta potential within real and quaternionic quantum mechanics, revealing novel self-interacting systems and non-stationary states that differ from traditional complex quantum mechanics.

Contribution

It introduces a real Hilbert space approach to the Dirac delta potential, highlighting self-interaction effects and differences between quaternionic and complex quantum mechanics.

Findings

Self-interacting systems preclude confining states

Self-interaction leads to non-stationary quantum states

Method applicable to various quantum systems

Abstract

The Dirac delta function potential is considered within the real Hilbert space approach for complex wave functions, as well as quaternionic wave functions. As has been previously determined, the real Hilbert space approach enables the possibility of self-interacting physical systems. The self-interaction precludes confining states, and also imposes non-stationary quantum states, both of them representing novel situations that cannot be observed in terms of quantum wave functions. These results remark the differences between quaternionic quantum mechanics ($\mathbbm H$QM) and complex quantum mechanics ($\mathbbm C$QM), and also establish a method of solving the wave equation that may be applied to a variety of different cases.