Time-evolution of Highly localized positive-energy states of the free Dirac electron

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 461, Issue 2063, 2005, Pages 3633-3645

  Bracken, A J ^a   Flohr, J A ^a   Melloy, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Position operators; Relativistic localization; Relativistic quantum mechanics; Relativistic wave equations

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MECHANICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUANTUM THEORY; SOUND REPRODUCTION;

AT-SPEED; COMPTON WAVELENGTH; DIRAC'S EQUATION; ENERGY STATE; MEAN ENERGY; POSITION OPERATORS; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; RAPID EXPANSION; RELATIVISTIC LOCALIZATION; RELATIVISTIC QUANTUM MECHANICS; RELATIVISTIC WAVE EQUATIONS; REST MASS; SPEED OF LIGHT; TIME EVOLUTIONS;

WAVE EQUATIONS;

EID: 33847225346     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2005.1538     Document Type: Article

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