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TMF, 1978 Volume 34, Number 3, Pages 319–333 (Mi tmf2743)

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Poincaré invariant differential equations for particles of arbitrary spin

A. G. Nikitin, W. I. Fushchych


Abstract: Differential equations of first and second order describing the motion of a relativistic particle with arbitrary spin are derived. These equations provide the basis for an exact solution of the problem of the motion of a particle of arbitrary spin in a homogeneous magnetic field. Covariant operators for the coordinate and spin of the particle are found, and these differ from the well-known Newton–Wigner and Foldy–Wouthuysen operators. The Hamiltonian of a particle interacting with an external electromagnetic field is approximately diagonalized.

Received: 25.03.1977


 English version:
Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 1978, 34:3, 203–212

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