arXiv · 2608.10563
Unified Exact Cylindrical Dirac Modes and Symmetry-Resolved Quantum Geometry
Abstract
Exact cylindrical solutions of the free Dirac equation provide natural single-particle modes for a broad class of axially symmetric relativistic fermion systems, including electron vortices, twisted-particle scattering, rotating matter, and cylindrical field quantization, but are commonly formulated in different internal bases. We derive the general regular positive-energy cylindrical solution at fixed energy, transverse and longitudinal momenta, and total angular momentum, and show how the commonly used spin-polarized, separation, helicity, and transverse-helicity modes are embedded in the resulting two-dimensional solution space. A conserved transverse operator resolves the residual doublet into two symmetry-defined branches. Their parameter-dependent eigenspaces admit a gauge-invariant quantum-geometric characterization, with opposite Berry curvatures, a common quantum metric, and saturation of the two-level metric--curvature relation. We further derive symmetry constraints on branch conversion and the corresponding reduced two-state dynamics. The resulting framework connects mode classification, symmetry resolution, quantum geometry, and dynamics across distinct cylindrical Dirac settings.
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Zhongze Guo, Bei Xu, Qiang Gu. 2026-08-11. Unified Exact Cylindrical Dirac Modes and Symmetry-Resolved Quantum Geometry. https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.10563
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