SOLVABLE LINEAR POTENTIALS IN THE DIRAC-EQUATION

The Dirac equation for some linear potentials leading to Schrodinger-like oscillator equations for the upper and lower components of the Dirac spinor have been solved. Energy levels for the bound states appear in pairs, so that both particles and antiparticles may be bound with the same energy. For weak coupling, the spacing between levels is proportional to the coupling constant while in the strong limit those levels are depressed compared to the nonrelativistic ones. © 1990 IOP Publishing Ltd.