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Starting from an interpretation of the classical-quantum correspondence, we derive the Dirac equation by factorizing the algebraic relation satisfied by the classical Hamiltonian, before applying the correspondence. This derivation applies…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Mayeul Arminjon

The relativistic acceleration of an electron in a uniform gravitational field is calculated numerically using the generalization of the Dirac equation to curved spacetime. Equivalent results are also obtained analytically using an iterative…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-02-09 J. D. Franson

A reduced form of the Dirac equation has been previously introduced and studied in the Center of Mass reference frame. In this work we show that this equation can be written in a covariant form in a generic reference frame by using specific…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-06-16 M. De Sanctis

The covariant Dirac equation in Robertson-Walker space-time is studied under the comoving coordinates. The exact forms of the spatial factor of wave function are respectively acquired in closed, spatially flat, and open universes.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Xin-Bing Huang

The Dirac wave function in a curved spacetime is usually defined as a quadruplet of scalar fields. It can alternatively be defined as a four-vector field. We describe these two representations in a common geometrical framework and we prove…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-10-05 Mayeul Arminjon , Frank Reifler

A consistent classical mechanics formulation is presented in such a way that, under quantization, it gives a noncommutative quantum theory with interesting new features. The Dirac formalism for constrained Hamiltonian systems is strongly…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-06-12 Ricardo Amorim

The Dirac equation is solved in the rotating Bertotti-Robinson spacetime. The set of equations representing the Dirac equation in the Newman-Penrose formalism is decoupled into an axial and angular part. The axial equation, which is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Al-Badawi , I. Sakalli

It is shown that, for spherically symmetric static backgrounds, a simple reduced Dirac equation can be obtained by using the Cartesian tetrad gauge in Cartesian holonomic coordinates. This equation is manifestly covariant under rotations so…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-11-19 Ion I. Cotăescu

The massless Dirac equation is studied in curved spacetime on the (2+1)-dimensional graphene sheet in time-dependent geometries. Emergent pseudogauge fields are found both in the adiabatic regime and, for high-frequency periodic geometries,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-02-24 Pablo A. Morales , Patrick Copinger

One may ask whether the relations between energy and frequency and between momentum and wave vector, introduced for matter waves by de Broglie, are rigorously valid in the presence of gravity. In this paper, we show this to be true for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-11-22 Mayeul Arminjon , Frank Reifler

In this work, we have obtained the solutions of the (1 + 1) dimensional Dirac equation on a gravitational background within the generalized uncertainty principle. We have shown that how minimal length parameters effect the Dirac particle in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-04-18 Ozlem Yesiltas

We discuss the most general form of Dirac equation in the non$-$Riemannian spacetimes containing curvature, torsion and non$-$metricity. It includes all bases of the Clifford algebra $cl(1,3)$ within the spinor connection. We adopt two…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-02-18 Muzaffer Adak , Ali Bagci , Caglar Pala , Ozcan Sert

Dirac's idea of taking the square root of constraints is applied to the case of extended objects concentrating on membranes in D=4 space-time dimensions. The resulting equation is Lorentz invariant and predicts an infinite hierarchy of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-11-02 Maciej Trzetrzelewski

Exact solutions of the Dirac equation in external electromagnetic background fields are very helpful for understanding non-perturbative phenomena in quantum electrodynamics (QED). However, for the limited set of known solutions, the field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-03-24 Johannes Oertel , Ralf Schützhold

The hydrodynamic formulation of the Dirac equation has historically been hindered by the inability to close the system of physical variables without resorting to infinite moment hierarchies. We resolve this longstanding issue by developing…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-29 Jorge Meza-Domínguez , Tonatiuh Matos

In this paper we study the Dirac equation in the Rindler spacetime. The solution of the wave equation in an accelerated reference frame is obtained. The differential equation associated to this wave equation is mapped into a Sturm-Liouville…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-11-04 L. C. N. Santos , C. C. Barros

I present a review of the Dirac equation in general relativity. Although the generalization of the Dirac equation to a curved spacetime is well known, it is not usually part of the standard toolkit of techniques known to people working on…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-04 Miguel Alcubierre

We consider Dirac equation in $(2+1)$ dimensional curved spacetime in the presence of a scalar potential. It is then shown that the zero energy states are degenerate and they can be obtained when the momentum $k_y$ in the $y$ direction…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-22 Choon-Lin Ho , Pinaki Roy

As a sequel to our previous work\cite{Feng2020}, we propose in this paper a quantization scheme for Dirac field in de Sitter spacetime. Our scheme is covariant under both general transformations and Lorentz transformations. We first present…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-09-06 Sze-Shiang Feng , Mogus Mochena

Dirac equation is written in a non-Riemannian spacetime with torsion and non-metricity by lifting the connection from the tangent bundle to the spinor bundle over spacetime. Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation of the Dirac equation in a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Adak , T. Dereli , L. H. Ryder