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Paraxial wave function and Gouy phase for a relativistic electron in a uniform magnetic field

Quantum Physics 2020-03-11 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

A connection between relativistic quantum mechanics in the Foldy-Wouthuysen representation and the paraxial equations is established for a Dirac particle in external fields. The paraxial form of the Landau eigenfunction for a relativistic electron in a uniform magnetic field is determined. The obtained wave function contains the Gouy phase and significantly approaches to the paraxial wave function for a free electron.

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@article{arxiv.2003.04717,
  title  = {Paraxial wave function and Gouy phase for a relativistic electron in a uniform magnetic field},
  author = {Liping Zou and Pengming Zhang and Alexander J. Silenko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.04717},
  year   = {2020}
}

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