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An approximate relation between the energy levels of a particle in a field of given potential energy, calculated on the relativistic and non-relativistic theories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Geoffrey L. Sewell
Affiliation:
Wheatstone Physics Laboratory, King's College, London

Extract

The relativistic Hamiltonian H for a particle in a field of potential energy V is given, in atomic units, by the formula

where any ρ commutes with any σ, any σ anticommutes with any other σ, ρ1 anticommutes with ρ3 and

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1949

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