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Madelung Structure of the Dirac Equation

Mathematical Physics 2025-05-12 v1 math.MP

Abstract

We consider the Dirac equations in polar form proving that they can equivalently be re-configured into a system of equations consisting of derivatives of the velocity density plus the Hamilton-Jacobi equation, giving the momentum in terms of relativistic quantum potentials (i.e. displaying first-order derivatives of the two degrees of freedom of the spinor field): this system is said to have Madelung structure. Conservation laws, second-order equations and multi-valuedness are also discussed.

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@article{arxiv.2505.05861,
  title  = {Madelung Structure of the Dirac Equation},
  author = {Luca Fabbri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.05861},
  year   = {2025}
}

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11 pages

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