Visualizing the kinematics of relativistic wave packets
| dc.creator | Thaller, Bernd | |
| dc.date | 2004-09-14 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T06:10:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T06:10:51Z | |
| dc.description | This article investigates some solutions of the time-dependent free Dirac equation. Visualizations of these solutions immediately reveal strange phenomena that are caused by the interference of positive- and negative-energy waves. The effects discussed here include the Zitterbewegung, the opposite direction of momentum and velocity in negative-energy wave packets, and the superluminal propagation of the wave packet's local maxima. | |
| dc.description | 7 pages, 11 figures, movies at http://vqm.uni-graz.at/articles/dirac1/movies.html | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0409079 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0409079 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/92367 | |
| dc.subject | Quantum Physics | |
| dc.title | Visualizing the kinematics of relativistic wave packets | |
| dc.type | text |