The Massive Klein-Gordon Field Coupled to a Harmonic Oscillator at the Boundary

TL;DR

This paper studies a massive Klein-Gordon field on a half-line coupled to a boundary harmonic oscillator, analyzing classical boundary states and quantum scattering phenomena including resonances and reflection properties.

Contribution

It introduces a novel boundary coupling model, solves it classically, and quantizes it to explore boundary bound states and quantum scattering effects.

Findings

Existence of classical boundary bound states in certain parameter regions

Calculation of quantum reflection matrix and cross section

Observation of resonances and Ramsauer-Townsend effects

Abstract

We consider the massive Klein-Gordon field on the half line with and without a Robin boundary potential.The field is coupled at the boundary to a harmonic oscillator.We solve the system classically and observe the existence of classical boundary bound states in some regions of the parameter space. The system is then quantized, the quantum reflection matrix and reflection cross section are calculated. Resonances and Ramsauer-Townsend effects are observed in the cross section. The pole structure of the reflection matrix is discussed.