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Using the example of a Dirac particle in external static fields, Dirac theory is reformulated as a one-particle quantum theory in the space of normalized two-component spinors. In this formulation, the Dirac operator ``splits'' into two…

General Physics · Physics 2026-05-29 N. L. Chuprikov

We introduce spinors, at a level appropriate for an undergraduate or first year graduate course on relativity, astrophysics or particle physics. The treatment assumes very little mathematical knowledge (mainly just vector analysis and some…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-12-16 Andrew M. Steane

We obtain classes of two dimensional static Lorentzian manifolds, which through the supersymmetric formalism of quantum mechanics admit the exact solvability of Dirac equation on these curved backgrounds. Specially in the case of a modified…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 S. K. Moayedi , F. Darabi

We suggest a tensor equation on Riemannian manifolds which can be considered as a generalization of the Dirac equation for the electron. The tetrad formalism is not used. Also we suggest a new form of the tensor Dirac equation with a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-10-21 N. G. Marchuk

In the paper complete systems of exact solutions for Dirac and Weyl equations in the Lobachevsky space are constructed on the base of the method of separation of the variables in quasi-cartesian coordinates. An extended helicity operator is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-03-21 E. M. Ovsiyuk

Since the discovery a century ago, spin describing the intrinsic angular momentum of massive elementary particles has exposed its nature and significant roles in wide ranges of (relativistic) quantum phenomena and practical applications for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-12 Taeseung Choi , Sam Young Cho

We present a second-quantized field theory of massive spin one-half particles or antiparticles in the presence of a weak gravitational field treated as a spin two external field in a flat Minkowski background. We solve the difficulties…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-12-07 Christian J. Bordé , Jean-Claude Houard , Alain Karasiewicz

The traditional approach to accelerator optics, based mainly on classical mechanics, is working excellently from the practical point of view. However, from the point of view of curiosity, as well as with a view to explore quantitatively the…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Jagannathan

We exactly solve the (2+1)-dimensional Dirac equation in a constant magnetic field in the presence of a minimal length. Using a proper ansatz for the wave function, we transform the Dirac Hamiltonian into two 2-dimensional non-relativistic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-02-12 P. Pedram , M. Amirfakhrian , H. Shababi

We investigate the spin $1/2$ fermions on quantum two spheres. It is shown that the wave functions of fermions and a Dirac Operator on quantum two spheres can be constructed in a manifestly covariant way under the quantum group $SU(2)_q$.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 K. Ohta , H. Suzuki

The behavior of spin-1/2 particle in a weak static gravitational field is considered. The Dirac Hamiltonian is diagonalized by the Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation providing also the simple form for the momentum and spin polarization…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 A. J. Silenko , O. V. Teryaev

A pedagogical introduction to the Dirac equation for massive particles in Rindler space is presented. The spin connection coefficients are explicitly derived using techniques from general relativity. We then apply the Lagrange-Green…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 David McMahon , Paul M. Alsing , Pedro Embid

A simple radiation condition at infinity for time-harmonic massive Dirac spinors is proposed. This condition allows an analogue of the Cauchy integral formula in unbounded domains for null-solutions of the Dirac equation to be proved. The…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Vladislav V. Kravchenko , Raul Castillo P

The Dirac equation is invariant under rotations with a constant frequency and invariable cylindrical radius. 3D transformation for rotating frames is found with help of this invariance. Exact localized solutions of the Dirac equation in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 Boris V. Gisin

The Pryce (e) spin and position operators of the quantum theory of Dirac's free field were re-defined and studied recently with the help of a new spin symmetry and suitable spectral representations [I. I. Cot\u aescu, Eur. Phys. J. C (2022)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-04 Ion I. Cotaescu

We describe a Riemannian space class where the second Dirac operator arises and prove that the operator is always equivalent to a standard Dirac one. The particle state in this gravitational field is degenerate to some extent and we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Vladimir V Klishevich

In the context of some deformed canonical commutation relations leading to isotropic nonzero minimal uncertainties in the position coordinates, a Dirac equation is exactly solved for the first time, namely that corresponding to the Dirac…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. Quesne , V. M. Tkachuk

Employing the covariant language of two-spinors, we find what conditions a curved Lorentzian spacetime must satisfy for existence of a second order symmetry operator for the massive Dirac equation. The conditions are formulated as existence…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-02-02 Simon Jacobsson , Thomas Bäckdahl

We determine what should correspond to the Dirac operator on certain quantized hermitian symmetric spaces and what its properties are. A new insight into the quantized wave operator is obtained.

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Hans Plesner Jakobsen

We review a procedure of factorizing the Minkowski space Dirac operator over a~suitable superspace, discuss its Euclidean space version and apply the worked out formalism in the case od an almost-commutative Dirac operator. The presented…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-12-22 Dominik Ciurla , Leszek Hadasz , Thomas Williams