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We apply the principles of discrete time mechanics discussed in earlier papers to the first and second quantised Dirac equation. We use the Schwinger action principle to find the anticommutation relations of the Dirac field and of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Keith Norton , George Jaroszkiewicz

Based on the results of F. Wilf on the need to take into account the quantum-mechanical correspondence rules in the Dirac equation for an electron, it was shown that the equation obtained by giving physical meaning to $\alpha$-Dirac…

General Physics · Physics 2025-02-28 Serge F. Timashev

We investigate the dynamics of a relativistic spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ particle governed by a one-dimensional time-periodic kicking Dirac equation. We observe distinct oscillatory behavior in the momentum space and quantum tunneling in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-19 Bin Sun , Shaowen Lan , Yi Cao , Jie Liu

We develop relativistic wave equations in the framework of the new non-hermitian ${\cal PT}$ quantum mechanics. The familiar Hermitian Dirac equation emerges as an exact result of imposing the Dirac algebra, the criteria of ${\cal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-07-02 Katherine Jones-Smith , Harsh Mathur

Classical dynamics of spinning zero-size objects in an external gravitational field is derived from the conservation law of the stress-energy and spin tensors. The resulting world line equations differ from those in the existing literature.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-12-22 Milovan Vasilic , Marko Vojinovic

Computational methods are indispensable to study the quantum dynamics of relativistic light-matter interactions in parameter regimes where analytical methods become inapplicable. We present numerical methods for solving the time-dependent…

Quantum criticality within Dirac fermions harbors a plethora of exotic phenomena, attracting sustained attention in the past decades. Here, we explore the imaginary-time relaxation dynamics in a typical Dirac quantum criticality belonging…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-02-26 Yin-Kai Yu , Zhi Zeng , Yu-Rong Shu , Zi-Xiang Li , Shuai Yin

A rigorous \textit{ab initio} derivation of the (square of) Dirac's equation for a single particle with spin is presented. The general Hamilton-Jacobi equation for the particle expressed in terms of a background Weyl's conformal geometry is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-07-19 Enrico Santamato , Francesco De Martini

We give a direct link between description of Dirac particles in the abstract framework of unitary representation of the Poincar\'e group and description with the help of the Dirac equation. In this context we discuss in detail the spin…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-06-15 Paweł Caban , Jakub Rembieliński , Marta Włodarczyk

The Dirac equation is reinterpreted as a constitutive equation for singularities in the electromagnetic vacuum, with the electron as a point singularity on a lightlike toroidal vortex. The diameter of the vortex is a Compton wavelength and…

General Physics · Physics 2020-01-28 David Hestenes

The distributed system $\mathcal{S}_D$ described by the Dirac equation is investigated simply as a dynamic system, i.e. without usage of quantum principles. The Dirac equation is described in terms of hydrodynamic variables: 4-flux $j^{i}$,…

General Physics · Physics 2011-02-01 Yuri A. Rylov

In this research, we investigate the quantum and classical phase transitions of the Dirac particles in a homogeneously magnetized curved rotating 2+1 dimensional spacetime. We consider the intricate relationship between geometry and quantum…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-30 Nusret Sahan , Erdem Sucu

Motivated by the conduction properties of graphene discovered and studied in the last decades, we consider the quantum dynamics of a massless, charged, spin 1/2 relativistic particle in three dimensional space-time, in the presence of an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-12-24 Ivan Morales , Bruno Neves , Zui Oporto , Olivier Piguet

In this article, we investigate the relativistic quantum dynamics of spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ particles in (1+2)-dimensional G\"{u}rses space-time backgrounds, and analyze the effects on the eigenvalues. We solve the Dirac equation using the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-11-05 Faizuddin Ahmed

The importance of the energy spectrum of bound states and their restrictions in quantum mechanics due to the different methods have been used for calculating and determining the limit of them. Comparison of Schrodinger-like equation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-07-09 Zahra Bakhshi

It is substantiated that spin is a notion associated with the group of internal symmetry that is tightly connected with the geometrical structure of spacetime. The wave equation for the description of the particles with spin one half is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 I. B. Pestov

Several complications arise in quantum field theory because of the infinite many degrees of freedom. However, the distinction between one-particle and many-particle effects -- mainly induced by the vacuum -- is not clear up to now. A field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Bertfried Fauser

The hypothesis is suggested that the equation for the Dirac free wave field is, in fact, a group-theoretical relation describing propagation of specific microscopic deviations of space geometry from the euclidean one (closed topological…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-06-26 O. A. Olkhov

We demonstrate that the Dirac representation theory can be effectively adjusted and applied to signal theory. The main emphasis is on orthogonality as the principal physical requirement. The particular role of the identity and projection…

Medical Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Gersten

By requiring unambiguous symmetric quantization leading to the Dirac equation in a curved space, we obtain a special representation of the spin connections in terms of the Dirac gamma matrices and their space-time derivatives. We also…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-10-22 A. D. Alhaidari , A. Jellal