Propagation of a relativistic electron wave packet in the Dirac equation

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Park, Sang Tae ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRAC EQUATIONS; ENVELOPE METHOD; FIRST ORDER; HIGH FREQUENCY; RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSICS;

LINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 84871345606     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.86.062105     Document Type: Article

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