Published August 18, 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Klein paradox for bosons

Description

We show analytically that the Zitterbewegung and Klein paradox, such well-known aspects of the Dirac equation are not found in the case of bosons. We use the Kemmer-Duffin-Chandra formalism with β matrices to arrive at our results

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/S0375-9601(03)00994-0;
arXiv
arXiv:quant-ph/0302135v2;
PII
S0375960103009940;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. A
Journal Volume
315
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 23-27
ISSN
0375-9601
CODEN
PYLAAG

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36086505
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; BOSONS; DIRAC EQUATION; MATRICES; ZITTERBEWEGUNG
Descriptors DEC
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; FIELD EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; WAVE EQUATIONS

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Copyright (c) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.