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An Introduction to Relativistic Quantum Mechanics. I. From Relativity to Dirac Equation

General Physics 2011-10-03 v3 Quantum Physics

Abstract

By using the general concepts of special relativity and the requirements of quantum mechanics, Dirac equation is derived and studied. Only elementary knowledge of spin and rotations in quantum mechanics and standard handlings of linear algebra are employed for the development of the present work.

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@article{arxiv.0708.0052,
  title  = {An Introduction to Relativistic Quantum Mechanics. I. From Relativity to Dirac Equation},
  author = {M. De Sanctis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.0052},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

53 pages. Didactical work. Revised conceptual argument about speed of light in section 2.1. Results unchanged