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Using a position operator obtained for spin 1 particles by the present author and Wigner, we obtain a quantum relativistic result for the hidden momentum force experienced by particles with structure. In particular, our result applies to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 R. F. O'Connell

Entanglement is studied in the framework of Dyson's S-matrix theory in relativistic quantum field theory, which leads to a natural definition of entangled states of a particle-antiparticle pair and the spin operator from a Noether current.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 Kazuo Fujikawa , C. H. Oh , Chengjie Zhang

A neo-classical relativistic mechanics theory is presented where the spin of an electron is a natural part of its space-time path as a point particle. The fourth-order equation of motion corresponds to the same Lagrangian function in proper…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-13 James L. Beck

We consider relativistic coherent states for a spin-0 charged particle that satisfy the next additional requirements: (i) the expected values of the standard coordinate and momentum operators are uniquely related to the real and imaginary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. I. Lev , A. A. Semenov , C. V. Usenko , J. R. Klauder

In this second paper in a series, we show that the the general statistical approach to nonrelativistic quantum mechanics developed in the first paper yields a representation of quantum spin and magnetic moments based on classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-09-22 G. H. Goedecke

We derive a relativistic-covariant spin operator for massive case directly from space-time symmetry in Minkowski space-time and investigate the physical properties of a derived spin operator. In the derivation we require only two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-17 Taeseung Choi , Yeong Deok Han

The relativistic treatment of spin is a fundamental subject which has an old history. In various physical contexts it is necessary to separate the relativistic total angular momentum into an orbital and spin contribution. However, such…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-05-19 Enrico Speranza , Nora Weickgenannt

The spin is the prime example of a qubit. Encoding and decoding information in the spin qubit is operationally well defined through the Stern-Gerlach set-up in the non-relativistic (i.e., low velocity) limit. However, an operational…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-09-04 Flaminia Giacomini , Esteban Castro-Ruiz , Časlav Brukner

This paper aims at studying the spin once again. The departure point is thus the Stern and Gerlach experimental results that can be described in a coherent way in the frame of quantum mechanics only. Instead, the relativistic mechanics…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2024-08-20 Stefan Catheline

Spintronics directly based on relativistic quantum mechanics is called as relativistic spintronics, which involves the study of active control and manipulation of 4D spin-tensor degrees of freedom via the electromagnetic field tensor. For…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Z. Y. Wang , C. D. Xiong , B. Chen

Working within the framework of Loop Quantum Gravity (LQG), we construct a set of three operators suitable for identifying coordinate-like quantities on a spin-network configuration. In doing so, we rely on known properties of operators for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-07-19 Suddhasattwa Brahma , Antonino Marcianò , Michele Ronco

The algebraic consistency of spin and isospin at the level of an unbroken SU(2) gauge theory suggests the existence of an additional angular momentum besides the spin and isospin and also produces a full quaternionic spinor operator. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 M. D. Maia

We construct relativistic-invariant spinning-particle Lagrangian without auxiliary variables. Spin is considered as a composed quantity constructed on the base of non-Grassmann vector-like variable. The variational problem guarantees both…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-10-29 Alexei A. Deriglazov , Andrey M. Pupasov-Maksimov

We have studied the phase singularity of the relativistic vortex beams for the two sets of relativistic operators. One includes the new spin and orbital angular momentum (OAM) operators, which is derived from the parity-extended Poincar\'e…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-29 Yeong Deok Han , Taeseung Choi , Sam Young Cho

Spin polarization and spin transport are common phenomena in many quantum systems. Relativistic spin hydrodynamics provides an effective low-energy framework to describe these processes in quantum many-body systems. The fundamental symmetry…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-08-26 Xu-Guang Huang

This article develops a variational formulation for the relativistic Klein-Gordon equation. The main results are obtained through an extension of the classical mechanics approach to a more general context, which in some sense, includes the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-17 Fabio Botelho

We present a new treatment for the spin of a massive relativistic particle in the context of quantum information based on a physical interpretation of the Wigner rotations, obtaining different results in relation to the previous works. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-02-28 Pablo L. Saldanha , Vlatko Vedral

The central role played by pseudodifferential operators in relativistic dynamics is very well know. In this work, operators as the Schrodinger one (e.g: square root) are treated from the point of view of the non-local pseudodifferential…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-10-19 Diego Julio Cirilo-Lombardo

Recent interest in orbital angular momentum has led to a rapid expansion of research on spin-orbit coupling effects in solids, while also highlighting significant technical challenges. The breaking of rotational symmetry renders the orbital…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-16 Bumseop Kim , Noejung Park , Kyoung-Whan Kim

The relativistic phase-space representation by means of the usual position and momentum operators for a class of observables with Weyl symbols independent of charge variable (i.e. with any combination of position and momentum) is proposed.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. I. Lev , A. A. Semenov , C. V. Usenko