Generalized Duffin–Kemmer–Petiau oscillator under Aharonov–Bohm flux in topological defects backgrounds

Abstract

In this paper, we study the generalized Duffin–Kemmer–Petiau (DKP) oscillator under the influence of quantum flux field in the topological defects produced by a cosmic string space-time and point-like global monopole. The generalized DKP oscillator will be investigated through a non-minimal substitution of the momentum operator [Formula: see text] in the relativistic DKP equation. We solve this generalized DKP oscillator in a cosmic string space-time background and obtain the energy levels and wave function of the oscillator field using the parametric Nikiforov–Uvarov (NU) method. Afterward, we solve the generalized DKP-oscillator in a point-like global monopole space-time and obtain the energy levels and wave functions following the same method. In fact, it is shown there that the energy eigenvalues are influenced by the topological defect of cosmic string and point-like global monopole and get modified compared to flat space results, and breaks the degeneracy of the energy levels. Furthermore, we observe that the eigenvalue solutions depend on the quantum flux field that shows the gravitational analog of the Aharonov–Bohm effect and also gives us a persistent current.