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Derivation of Dirac's equation for a free particle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Cheng Kai-Chia
Affiliation:
National University of ChekiangMeitan, Kweichow, China

Abstract

If we assign to the relativistic energy of a free particle H the meaning of an energy operator, it can be shown that the phenomenon of ‘Zitter-Bewegung’ (and hence Dirac's equation) is obtainable from quantum mechanics alone.

Type
Research Notes
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1946

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