Quantum Dynamics of Scalar Particles in a Spinning Cosmic String Background with Topological Defects: A Feshbach-Villars Formalism Perspective
Abstract
We study the relativistic quantum dynamics of spin-0 particles in the spacetime of a spinning cosmic string that carries both spacelike disclination (conical deficit α) and screw dislocation (torsion Jz), as well as frame dragging (Jt). Using the Feshbach-Villars (FV) reformulation of the Klein-Gordon equation, we obtain a first-order Hamiltonian with a positive-definite density, enabling a clean probabilistic interpretation for bosons in curved or topologically nontrivial backgrounds. In the weak-field regime (retaining terms O(G) and discarding the O(G2) contribution that would otherwise lead to double-confluent Heun behavior), separation of variables in a finite cylinder of radius R0 yields a Bessel radial equation with an effective index (α, Jt, Jz; E, k) that mixes rotation and torsion. The hard-wall condition J( R0) = 0 quantizes the spectrum, En2 = m2 + k2 + (j,nR0)2. Working in the stationary positive-energy sector, we derive closed-form normalized eigenfunctions and FV density, and we evaluate information-theoretic indicators (Fisher information and Shannon entropy) directly from the FV probability density. We find that increased effective confinement (via geometry/torsion) enhances Fisher information and reduces position-space Shannon entropy, quantitatively linking defect parameters to localisation/complexity. The FV framework thus provides a robust, computationally transparent route to spectroscopy and information measures for scalar particles in rotating/torsional string backgrounds, and it smoothly reproduces the pure-rotation, pure-torsion, and flat-spacetime limits.
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