On the position operator for massless particles
Quantum Physics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
It is always stated that the position operator for massless particles has non-comutting components. It is shown that the reason is that the commutation relations between coordinates and momenta differs for massive and massless particles. The correct one for massless particles and a position operator with commuting components are derived.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9612022,
title = {On the position operator for massless particles},
author = {Ali Shojai and Mehdi Golshani},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9612022},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
16 pages, Latex, no figure