Geodesic
Peculiarities of the~electron energy spectrum in the~Coulomb field of a~superheavy nucleus
Teoretičeskaâ i matematičeskaâ fizika, Tome 187 (2016) no. 2, pp. 213-231

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We consider the peculiarities of the electron energy spectrum in the Coulomb field of a superheavy nucleus and discuss the long history of an incorrect interpretation of this problem in the case of a pointlike nucleus and its current correct solution. We consider the spectral problem in the case of a regularized Coulomb potential. For some special regularizations, we derive an exact equation for the point spectrum in the energy interval $(-m,m)$ and find some of its solutions numerically. We also derive an exact equation for charges yielding bound states with the energy $E=-m$; some call them supercritical charges. We show the existence of an infinite number of such charges. Their existence does not mean that the one-particle relativistic quantum mechanics based on the Dirac Hamiltonian with the Coulomb field of such charges is mathematically inconsistent, although it is physically unacceptable because the spectrum of the Hamiltonian is unbounded from below. The question of constructing a consistent nonperturbative second-quantized theory remains open, and the consequences of the existence of supercritical charges from the standpoint of the possibility of constructing such a theory also remain unclear.
Mots-clés : Dirac equation
Keywords: supercritical Coulomb field, spectral problem, electron–positron pair creation. 
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B. L. Voronov; D. M. Gitman; A. D. Levin; R. Ferreira. Peculiarities of the~electron energy spectrum in the~Coulomb field of a~superheavy nucleus. Teoretičeskaâ i matematičeskaâ fizika, Tome 187 (2016) no. 2, pp. 213-231. http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/TMF_2016_187_2_a1/