Published November 2012 | Version v1
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/10.1088/0031-8949/86/05/055007

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica Scripta (Online)
Journal Volume
86
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
[3 p.]
ISSN
1402-4896

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