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In this paper, we consider a general twisted-curved space-time hosting Dirac spinors and we take into account the Lorentz covariant polar decomposition of the Dirac spinor field: the corresponding decomposition of the Dirac spinor field…

General Physics · Physics 2018-12-06 Luca Fabbri

Relativistic spin-1/2 particles in curved spacetime are naturally described by Dirac theory, which is a dynamical and Lorentz-invariant field theory. In this work, we propose a non-dynamical fermion theory in 3+1 dimensions dubbed spinor…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-07-20 Giandomenico Palumbo

By treating the real Maxwell Field and real linearized Einstein equations as being imbedded in complex Minkowski space, one can interpret magnetic moments and spin-angular momentum as arising from a charge and mass monopole source moving…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Ezra T. Newman

Dirac-like monopoles are studied in three-dimensional Abelian Maxwell and Maxwell-Chern-Simons models. Their scalar nature is highlighted and discussed through a dimensional reduction of four-dimensional electrodynamics with electric and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 E. M. C. Abreu , J. A. Helayel-Neto , M. Hott , W. A. Moura-Melo

I suggest wave equations for the scalar, pseudoscalar, vector, and pseudovector fields with different masses for spin zero and one states. Tensor, matrix, and quaternion formulations of fields with two mass and spin states are considered.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-12-27 S. I. Kruglov

It is first shown that the scalar product on any orthogonal space (V, g) allows one to define linear isomorphisms of the vector spaces of bivectors and 2-forms on V with the underlying vector spaces of the Lie algebra so(p, q) and its dual,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-10-24 D. H. Delphenich

We derive the kinetic equations for both the covariant and equal-time Wigner functions of Dirac particles with electromagnetic, scalar and pseudoscalar interactions. We emphasize the constraint equations for the spinor components in the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-09 Pengfei Zhuang , Ulrich Heinz

We consider the problem of having relativistic quantum mechanics re-formulated with hydrodynamic variables, and specifically the problem of deriving the Mathisson-Papapetrou-Dixon equations from the Dirac equation. The problem will be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-11-15 Luca Fabbri

According to the algebraic approach to spacetime, a thoroughgoing dynamicism, physical fields exist without an underlying manifold. This view is usually implemented by postulating an algebraic structure (e.g., commutative ring) of…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2021-10-15 Lu Chen , Tobias Fritz

Clifford number formalism for Maxwell equations is considered. The Clifford imaginary unit for space-time is introduced as coordinate independent form of fully antisymmetric fourth-rank tensor. The representation of Maxwell equations in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-07-19 Alexander A. Chernitskii

The aim of this work is to find exact solutions of the Dirac equation in 1+1 space-time beyond the already known class. We consider exact spin (and pseudo-spin) symmetric Dirac equations where the scalar potential is equal to plus (and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-04-04 I. A. Assi , A. D. Alhaidari , H. Bahlouli

We show that it is possible to formulate the classical Einstein-Maxwell-Dirac theory of spinors interacting with the gravitational and electromagnetic fields as the Einstein-Cartan-Kibble-Sciama theory with the Ricci scalar of the traceless…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-06-30 Nikodem J. Poplawski

We study Dirac field equations coupled to electrodynamics with metric and torsion fields: we discuss how special spinorial solutions are incompatible with torsion; eventually these results will be used to sketch a discussion on the problem…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-04-11 Luca Fabbri

Three dimensional Dirac oscillator was considered in deformed space obeyed to deformed commutation relations known as Snyder-de Sitter algebra. Snyder-de Sitter commutation relations gives rise to appearance minimal uncertainty in position…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-10-03 M. M. Stetsko

We derive new explicit expressions for the Dirac bilinears based on a generic representation of the massive Dirac spinors with canonical polarization. These bilinears depend on a direction $n$ in Minkowski space which specifies the form of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-01-17 Cédric Lorcé

The spin-orbit interaction of light is a crucial concept for understanding the electromagnetic properties of a material and realizing the spin-controlled manipulation of optical fields. Achieving these goals requires a complete description…

Optics · Physics 2022-11-08 Longlong Feng , Qianfan Wu

The Dirac equation is one of the most fundamental equations of modern physics. It is a spinor equation, but some tensor equivalents of the equation were proposed previously. Those equivalents were either nonlinear or involved several…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-21 Andrey Akhmeteli

We present an analysis of the Dirac equation when the spin symmetry is changed from SU(2) to the quaternion group, $Q_8$, achieved by multiplying one of the gamma matrices by the imaginary number, $i$. The reason for doing this is to…

General Physics · Physics 2025-04-01 Bryan Sanctuary

By the use of complete orthonormal sets of nonrelativistic scalar orbitals introduced by the author in previous papers the new complete orthonormal basis sets for two- and four-component spinor wave functions, and Slater spinor orbitals…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2008-12-16 I. I. Guseinov

We consider the Dirac equation in flat Minkowski 3-space and rewrite it as the Maxwell equation in Minkowski 4-space with torsion. The torsion tensor is defined as the dual of the electromagnetic vector potential. Our model clearly…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Dmitri Vassiliev