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Mahdi Zreik

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arXiv2024

On the approximation of the Dirac operator coupled with confining Lorentz scalar $δ$-shell interactions

Let $Ω_+\subset\mathbb{R}^{3}$ be a fixed bounded domain with boundary $Σ= \partialΩ_{+}$. We consider $\mathcal{U}^\varepsilon$ a tubular neighborhood of the surface $Σ$ with a thickness parameter $\varepsilon>0$, and we define the perturbed Dirac operator $\mathfrak{D}^{\varepsilon}_{M}=D_m +Mβ\mathbb{1}_{\mathcal{U}^{\varepsilon}},$ with $D_m$ the free Dirac operator, $M>0$, and $\mathbb{1}_{\mathcal{U }^{\varepsilon}}$ the characteristic function of $\mathcal{U}^{\varepsilon}$. Then, in the norm resolvent sense, the Dirac operator $\mathfrak{D}^{\varepsilon}_M$ converges to the Dirac operator coupled with Lorentz scalar $δ$-shell interactions as $\varepsilon = M^{-1}$ tends to $0$, with a convergence rate of $\mathcal{O}(M^{-1})$.

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arXiv2023

On the approximation of the $δ$-shell interaction for the 3-D Dirac operator

We consider the three-dimensional Dirac operator coupled with a combination of electrostatic and Lorentz scalar $δ$-shell interactions. We approximate this operator with general local interactions $V$. Without any hypotheses of smallness on the potential $V$, converges in the strong resolvent sense to the Dirac Hamiltonian coupled with a $δ$-shell potential supported on $§$, a bounded smooth surface. However, the coupling constant depends nonlinearly on the potential $V.$

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arXiv2023

On the self-adjointness of two-dimensional relativistic shell interactions

We study the self-adjointness of the two-dimensional Dirac operator coupled with electrostatic and Lorentz scalar shell interactions of constant strength $\varepsilon$ and $μ$ supported on a closed Lipschitz curve. Namely, we present several new explicit ranges of $\varepsilon$ and $μ$ for which there is a unique self-adjoint realization with domain included into $H^{\frac{1}{2}}$. A more precise analysis is carried out for curvilinear polygons, which allows one to take the corner openings into account. Compared to the preceding works on this topic, two new technical ingredients are employed: the explicit use of the Cauchy transform on non-smooth curves and the explicit characterization of the Fredholmness for singular integral operators.

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arXiv2022

A Poincaré-Steklov map for the MIT bag model

The purpose of this paper is to introduce and study Poincaré-Steklov (PS) operators associated to the Dirac operator $D_m$ with the so-called MIT bag boundary condition. In a domain $Ω\subset\mathbb{R}^3$, for a complex number $z$ and for $U_z$ a solution of $(D_m-z)U_z=0$, the associated PS operator maps the value of $Γ_- U_z$, the MIT bag boundary value of $U_z$, to $Γ_+ U_z$, where $Γ_\pm$ are projections along the boundary $\partialΩ$ and $(Γ_ - + Γ_+) = t_{\partialΩ}$ is the trace operator on $\partialΩ$. In the first part of this paper, we show that the PS operator is a zero-order pseudodifferential operator and give its principal symbol. In the second part, we study the PS operator when the mass $m$ is large, and we prove that it fits into the framework of $1/m$-pseudodifferential operators, and we derive some important properties, especially its semiclassical principal symbol. Subsequently, we apply these results to establish a Krein-type resolvent formula for the Dirac operator $H_M= D_m+ Mβ1_{\mathbb{R}^3\setminus\overlineΩ}$ for large masses $M>0$, in terms of the resolvent of the MIT bag operator on $Ω$. With its help, the large coupling convergence with a convergence rate of $\mathcal{O}(M^{-1})$ is shown.

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