Classical behaviour of the Dirac bispinor

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dc.creatorBell, Sarah B. M.
dc.creatorCullerne, John P.
dc.creatorDiaz, Bernard M.
dc.date2000-11-07
dc.date2002-12-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:01:07Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:01:07Z
dc.descriptionIt is usually supposed that the Dirac and radiation equations predict that the phase of a fermion will rotate through half the angle through which the fermion is rotated, which means, via the measured dynamical and geometrical phase factors, that the fermion must have a half-integral spin. We demonstrate that this is not the case and that the identical relativistic quantum mechanics can also be derived with the phase of the fermion rotating through the same angle as does the fermion itself. Under spatial rotation and Lorentz transformation the bispinor transforms as a four-vector like the potential and Dirac current. Previous attempts to provide this form of transformational behaviour have foundered because a satisfactory current could not be derived.(14)
dc.descriptionNotation tidied - no other changes, 39 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0011026
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0011026
dc.identifierFoundations of Physics Vol 30 No 1 (2000) 35-57
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/89165
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleClassical behaviour of the Dirac bispinor
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