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We propose a classical constrained Hamiltonian theory for the spin. After the Dirac treatment we show that due to the existence of second class constraints the Dirac brackets of the proposed theory represent the commutation relations for…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-30 D. Cabra , A. Dobry , A. Greco , G. Rossini

We study the Dirac equation in 3+1 dimensions with a general combination of scalar, vector and tensor interactions with arbitrary strengths, all of them described by central Coulomb potentials acting on a particular plane of motion. For the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-24 V. B. Mendrot , A. S. de Castro , P. Alberto

We obtain the two-point Green's function for the relativistic Dirac-Oscillator problem. This is accomplished by setting up the relativistic problem in such a way that makes comparison with the nonrelativistic problem highly transparent and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 A. D. Alhaidari

We suggest a generalization of the Feynman path integral to an integral over random surfaces. The proposed action is proportional to the linear size of the random surfaces and is called gonihedric. The convergence and the properties of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-12-13 George Savvidy

The problem of a Dirac particle moving in a deformed Hulthen potential is solved in the framework of the path integral formalism. With the help of the Biedenharn transformation, the construction of a closed form for the Green's function of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-11-26 A. Kadja , F. Benamira , L. Guechi

The Dirac Hamiltonian formalism is applied to a system in $(2+1)$-dimensions consisting of a Dirac field $\psi$ minimally coupled to Chern-Simons $U(1)$ and $SO(2,1)$ connections, $A$ and $\omega$, respectively. This theory is connected to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-08-22 Alfredo Guevara , Pablo Pais , Jorge Zanelli

van der Waals heterostructures assembled from atomically thin crystals are ideal model systems to study spin-orbital coupled transport because they exhibit a strong interplay between spin, lattice and valley degrees of freedom that can be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-18 Carmen Monaco , Aires Ferreira , Roberto Raimondi

Feynman's path integral formulation arose from his attempt to incorporate the Lagrangian framework into quantum mechanics, offering what he regarded as a more fundamental perspective than the Hamiltonian approach, particularly in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-23 Bernat Frangi , Héctor López

The aim of the paper is to formulate a discrete analogue of the claim made by Alvarez-Gaume et al., realizing the partition function of the free fermion on a closed Riemann surface of genus g as a linear combination of 2^{2g} Pfaffians of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-01-16 Martin Loebl , Petr Somberg

A free non-relativistic particle moving in two dimensions on a half-plane can be described by self-adjoint Hamiltonians characterized by boundary conditions imposed on the systems. The most general boundary condition is parameterized in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 Michel Carreau

We calculate the Green function for the Dirac equation describing a spin 1/2 particle in the presence of a potential which is a sum of the Coulomb potential V_C=-A_1/r and a Lorentz scalar potential V_S=-A_2/r. The bound state spectrum is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Arvind Narayan Vaidya , Luiz Eduardo Silva Souza

Electromagnetic interactions of the spin 3/2 particle are investigated while allowing the propagation of the transverse spin 1/2 component present in the reducible Rarita-Schwinger vector-spinor. This is done by allowing a more general form…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-11-23 Konstantin G. Savvidy

The path decomposition expansion represents the propagator of the irreversible reaction as a convolution of the first-passage, last-passage and rebinding time probability densities. Using path integral technique, we give an elementary, yet…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2017-09-13 Thorsten Prüstel , Martin Meier-Schellersheim

Feynman's path integral approach is studied in the framework of the Wigner-Dunkl deformation of quantum mechanics. We start with reviewing some basics from Dunkl theory and investigate the time evolution of a Gaussian wave packet, which…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-01-30 Georg Junker

Counting the degrees of freedom of the massless Rarita-Schwinger theory is revisited using Behrends-Fronsdal projectors. The identification of the gauge invariant part of the vector-spinor is thus straightforward, consisting of spins 1/2…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-03-11 Mauricio Valenzuela , Jorge Zanelli

We derive an alternative representation for the relativistic non--local kinetic energy operator and we apply it to solve the relativistic Salpeter equation using the variational sinc collocation method. Our representation is analytical and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Paolo Amore

The semiclassical Boltzmann transport equation of charged, massive fermions in a rotating frame of reference, in the presence of external electromagnetic fields is solved in the relaxation time approach to establish the distribution…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-03-02 O. F. Dayi , E. Yunt

We present an explicit path integral evaluation of the free Hamiltonian propagator on the (D-1)-dimensional pseudosphere, in the horicyclic coordinates, using the integral equation method. This method consists in deriving an integral…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hans J. Wospakrik

In relativistic quantum field theory particles of half-integer spin must obey Fermi-Dirac statistics. Their quantum operators must anticommute at spacelike separation in contrast to commuting physical observables. We show that Fermi-Dirac…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-08-21 Adam Bednorz

We present a path integral representation for massless spin one-half particles. It is shown that this gives us a super-symmetric, P-and T-non-invariant pseudoclassical model for relativistic massless spinning particles. Dirac quantization…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 I. A. Junior