Published September 15, 1973
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Journal article
Two-component forms of the Dirac equation
Creators
- 1. Physics Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27706
Description
In this paper some aspects of the two-component alternative to the Dirac equation, recently proposed by Biedenharn, Han, and Van Dam (BHvD), are discussed. We consider the possibility that the BHvD equation can be interpreted as another two-component form of the Dirac equation, being brought about by a unitary transformation which resembles the Foly-Wouthuysen transformation. This point of view also enables us to derive more two-component alternatives to the Dirac equation.
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review D
- Journal Volume
- 8
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Series
- Phys. Rev., D.
- Journal Page Range
- 1924-1928
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 5113056
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- DIRAC EQUATION; HELICITY; KLEIN-GORDON EQUATION; QUANTUM OPERATORS; UNITARY SYMMETRY; WAVE FUNCTIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; SYMMETRY
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