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On the physical interpretation of the Dirac wavefunction

Quantum Physics 2017-07-18 v1

Abstract

Using the language of the Geometric Algebra, we recast the massless Dirac bispinor as a set of Lorentz scalar, bivector, and pseudoscalar fields that obey a generalized form of Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism. The spinor's unusual 4-pi rotation symmetry is seen to be a mathematical artifact of the projection of these fields onto an abstract vector space, and not a physical property of the dynamical fields themselves. We also find a deeper understanding of the spin angular momentum and other Dirac field bilinears in terms of these fields and their corresponding analogues in classical electromagnetism.

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@article{arxiv.1707.05198,
  title  = {On the physical interpretation of the Dirac wavefunction},
  author = {Anastasios Y. Papaioannou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.05198},
  year   = {2017}
}

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21 pages

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