Published November 2012
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Journal article
Superluminality and a curious phenomenon in the relativistic quantum Hamilton-Jacobi equation
Creators
- 1. Dipartimento di Fisica 'G. Galilei' and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Università di Padova, Via Marzolo 8, I-35131 Padova (Italy)
Description
A basic problem in the relativistic quantum Hamilton-Jacobi theory is to understand whether it may admit superluminal solutions. Here we consider the averaging of the speed on a period of the oscillating term which is similar to Dirac's averaging of the oscillating part of the free electron's speed. Such an averaging solves the problem of getting the ℏ → 0 limit of the speed of the free particle, and leads to solutions that, depending on the integration constants, may be superluminal.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0031-8949/86/05/055007Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physica Scripta (Online)
- Journal Volume
- 86
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Journal Page Range
- [3 p.]
- ISSN
- 1402-4896
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 44040833
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- DIRAC APPROXIMATION; ELECTRONS; HAMILTON-JACOBI EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; PARTICLES; RELATIVISTIC RANGE
- Descriptors DEC
- APPROXIMATIONS; CALCULATION METHODS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; EQUATIONS; FERMIONS; LEPTONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS