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The relativistic quantum dynamics of the generalized Klein–Gordon (KG) oscillator having position-dependent mass in the Gödel-type space–time is investigated. We have presented the generalized KG oscillator in this space–time, and discussed the effect of Cornell potential and linear potential for our considered system. The modification from the parameters of position-dependent mass and characterizing the space–time for the energy spectrums are presented.

It is well known that the Klein–Gordon equation in curved spacetime is conformally noninvariant, both with and without a mass term. We show that such a noninvariance provides nontrivial physical insights at different levels, first within the fully relativistic regime, then in the nonrelativistic regime leading to the Schrödinger equation, and then within the de Broglie–Bohm causal interpretation of quantum mechanics. The conformal noninvariance of the Klein–Gordon equation coupled to a vector potential is confronted with the conformal invariance of Maxwell’s equations in the presence of a charged current. The conformal invariance of the nonminimally coupled Klein–Gordon equation to gravity is then examined in light of the conformal invariance of Maxwell’s equations. Finally, the consequence of the noninvariance of the equation on the Aharonov–Bohm effect in curved space–time is discussed.