The Four Dimensional Dirac Equation in Five Dimensions
Abstract
The Dirac equation may be thought as originating from a theory of five-dimensional (5D) space-time. We define a special 5D Clifford algebra and introduce a spin-1/2 constraint equation to describe null propagation in a 5D space-time manifold. We explain how the 5D null formalism breaks down to four dimensions to recover two single-particle theories. Namely, we obtain Dirac's relativistic quantum mechanics and a formulation of statistical mechanics. Exploring the non-relativistic limit in five and four dimensions, we identify a new spin-electric interaction with possible applications to magnetic resonance spectroscopy (within quantum mechanics) and superconductivity (within statistical mechanics).
Cite
@article{arxiv.1801.06054,
title = {The Four Dimensional Dirac Equation in Five Dimensions},
author = {Romulus Breban},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.06054},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
13 pages, small changes over the version printed by Annalen der Physik