Rest energy effects for non-relativistic Fermi fields in external potentials

Abstract

The generalized Levy-Leblond equation (GLL) is used to study the bound state problem for a non-relativistic Fermi field in external potentials. A condition when the rest energy term can be removed from the GLL equation is determined. For external potentials which do not obey the condition, the bound state spectrum is affected non-trivially by the rest energy of the Fermi field. This is demonstrated for a spherical finite-depth well potential. The existence, number, and energies of bound states depend on the value of the rest energy.