A relativistic spin zero particle in a spherical cavity

摘要

The problem of a relativistic massive scalar particle trapped in an infinite potential spherical well is pedagogically addressed in this paper. The wave function solutions and probability density of the Klein-Gordon equation in spherical coordinates are derived, as well as the energy levels. The results are compared with the non-relativistic solutions of the Schrodinger equation for different values of the particle's mass. As expected, for very large masses the non-relativistic results are recovered. For illustration, these results are discussed in the specific case of the standard model Higgs field constrained inside a proton, in the quadratic approximation of the Higgs potential around the expectation value.