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Using the position as an independent variable, and time as the dependent variable, we derive the function ${\cal P}^{(\pm)}$, which generates the space evolution under the potential ${\cal V}(q)$ and Hamiltonian ${\cal H}$. Canonically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-31 Marcus W Beims , Arlans JS Lara

A field-theoretical space-time position operator can be properly introduced for the Dirac field, it plays the role of a generalized Noether charge associated with a local symmetry, and its second-quantized form shows that quantum fields…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-01-12 Zhi-Yong Wang , Cai-Dong Xiong , Bing He

In [J. Math. Phys. 51 (2010) 022104] a self-adjoint operator was introduced that has the property that it indicates the direction of time within the framework of standard quantum mechanics, in the sense that as a function of time its…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-03-25 Y. Strauss , J. Silman , S. Machnes , L. P. Horwitz

It is shown that a wave mechanical quantum theory can be derived from relativistic classical electrodynamics, as a feature of the magnetic interaction of Dirac particles modeled as relativistically circulating point charges. The magnetic…

General Physics · Physics 2024-08-16 David C. Lush

Solitary-particle quantum mechanics' inherent compatibility with special relativity is implicit in Schroedinger's postulated wave-function rule for the operator quantization of the particle's canonical three-momentum, taken together with…

General Physics · Physics 2010-05-25 Steven Kenneth Kauffmann

Relativistic free-motion time-of-arrival theory for massive spin-1/2 particles is systematically developed. Contrary to the nonrelativistic time-of-arrival operator studied thoroughly in previous literatures, the relativistic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Zhi-Yong Wang , Cai-Dong Xiong

Hamiltonian operators are gauge dependent. For overcome this difficulty we reexamined the effect of a gauge transformation on Schr\"odinger and Dirac equations. We show that the gauge invariance of the operator…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-08-14 J. A. Sánchez-Monroy , John Morales , Eduardo Zambrano

In quantum mechanics, time is introduced as a non-measurable quantity, as there is no possibility to build a hermitian operator canonically conjugated to the Hamiltonian. We cannot have, therefore, the time operator, which means that the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-03-27 Andrzej Góźdź , Marek Góźdź

By pursuing the deep relation between the one-dimensional Dirac equation and quantum walks, the physical role of quantum interference in the latter is explained. It is shown that the time evolution of the probability density of a quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Frederick W. Strauch

A new formulation of quantum mechanics based on differential commutator brackets is developed. We have found a wave equation representing the fermionic particle. In this formalism, the continuity equation mixes the Klein-Gordon and…

General Physics · Physics 2012-03-21 Arbab I. Arbab , Faisal A. Yassein

The framework of the relativistic quantum mechanics on spatially flat FLRW space-times is considered for deriving the analytical solutions of the Dirac equation in different local charts of these manifolds. Systems of commuting conserved…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-11-30 Ion I. Cotaescu

After analyzing Dirac's equation, one can suggest that a well-known quantum-mechanical momentum operator is associated with relativistic momentum, rather than with non-relativistic one. Consideration of relativistic energy and momentum…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-04-01 Gintautas P. Kamuntavičius

This article investigates some solutions of the time-dependent free Dirac equation. Visualizations of these solutions immediately reveal strange phenomena that are caused by the interference of positive- and negative-energy waves. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Bernd Thaller

Quantum dynamics of a Dirac particle in a 1D box with moving wall is studied. Dirac equation with time-dependent boundary condition is mapped onto that with static one, but with time-dependent mass. Exact analytical solution of such…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-20 J. Dittrich , S. Rakhmanov , D. Matrasulov

We combine the "evolving constants" approach to the construction of observables in canonical quantum gravity with the Page--Wootters formulation of quantum mechanics with a relational time for generally covariant systems. This overcomes the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-06 Rodolfo Gambini , Rafael Porto , Sebastian Torterolo , Jorge Pullin

Time in quantum mechanics is peculiar: it is an observable that cannot be associated to an Hermitian operator. As a consequence it is impossible to explain dynamics in an isolated system without invoking an external classical clock, a fact…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-25 Tommaso Favalli , Augusto Smerzi

Within the framework of self-adjoint operator of time in non-relativistic quantum mechanics the equation describing change of the state of quantum system with respect to energy is introduced. The operator of time appears to be the generator…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-20 Slobodan Prvanovic

The failure of conventional quantum theory to recognize time as an observable and to admit time operators is addressed. Instead of focusing on the existence of a time operator for a given Hamiltonian, we emphasize the role of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-24 Curt A. Moyer

In the first days of quantum mechanics Dirac pointed out an analogy between the time-dependent coefficients of an expansion of the Schr\"odinger equation and the classical position and momentum variables solving Hamilton's equations. Here…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-05-18 J. S. Briggs , A. Eisfeld

An apparent paradox is resolved that concerns the existence of time operators which have been derived for the quantum harmonic oscillator. There is an apparent paradox because, although a time operator is canonically conjugate to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alex Granik , H. Ralph Lewis