General Solutions of Relativistic Wave Equations
Abstract
General solutions of relativistic wave equations are studied in terms of the functions on the Lorentz group. A close relationship between hyperspherical functions and matrix elements of irreducible representations of the Lorentz group is established. A generalization of the Gel'fand-Yaglom formalism for higher-spin equations is given. It is shown that a two-dimensional complex sphere is associated with the each point of Minkowski spacetime. The separation of variables in a general relativistically invariant system is obtained via the hyperspherical functions defined on the surface of the two-dimensional complex sphere. In virtue of this, the wave functions are represented in the form of series on the hyperspherical functions. Such a description allows to consider all the physical fields on an equal footing. General solutions of the Dirac and Weyl equations, and also the Maxwell equations in the Majorana-Oppenheimer form, are given in terms of the functions on the Lorentz group.
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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0209036,
title = {General Solutions of Relativistic Wave Equations},
author = {V. V. Varlamov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0209036},
year = {2007}
}
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47 pages, LaTeX2e