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Relativistic Quantum Mechanics. Wave Equations

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Authors:
  1. Walter Greiner

    1. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
      Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIX
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  2. Relativistic Wave Equation for Spin-0 Particles: The Klein—Gordon Equation and Its Applications

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    Pages 1-98

  3. A Wave Equation for Spin-½ Particles: The Dirac Equation

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    Pages 99-126

  4. Lorentz Covariance of the Dirac Equation

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    Pages 127-148

  5. Spinors Under Spatial Reflection

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    Pages 149-150

  6. Bilinear Covariants of the Dirac Spinors

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    Pages 151-156

  7. Another Way of Constructing Solutions of the Free Dirac Equation: Construction by Lorentz Transformations

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    Pages 157-176

  8. Projection Operators for Energy and Spin

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    Pages 177-182

  9. Wave Packets of Plane Dirac Waves

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    Pages 183-196

  10. Dirac Particles in External Fields: Examples and Problems

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    Pages 197-260

  11. The Two-Centre Dirac Equation

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    Pages 261-276

  12. The Foldy-Wouthuysen Representation for Free Particles

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    Pages 277-290

  13. The Hole Theory

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    Pages 291-323

  14. Klein’s Paradox

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    Pages 325-332

  15. The Weyl Equation — The Neutrino

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    Pages 333-345

  16. Wave Equations for Particles with Arbitrary Spins

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    Pages 347-388

  17. Lorentz Invariance and Relativistic Symmetry Principles

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    Pages 389-415

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 417-424
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Relativistic Quantum Mechanics. Wave Equations concentrates mainly on the wave equations for spin-0 and spin-1/2 particles. Chapter 1 deals with the Klein-Gordon equation and its properties and applications. The chapters that follow introduce the Dirac equation, investigate its covariance properties and present various approaches to obtaining solutions. Numerous applications are discussed in detail, including the two-center Dirac equation, hole theory, CPT symmetry, Klein's paradox, and relativistic symmetry principles. Chapter 15 presents the relativistic wave equations for higher spin (Proca, Rarita-Schwinger, and Bargmann-Wigner). The extensive presentation of the mathematical tools and the 62 worked examples and problems make this a unique text for an advanced quantum mechanics course.
This third edition has been slightly revised to bring the text up-to-date.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Theoretische Physik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Walter Greiner

  • Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Walter Greiner

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Relativistic Quantum Mechanics. Wave Equations

  • Authors: Walter Greiner

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04275-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-67457-3Published: 15 June 2000

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-04275-5Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 3

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 424

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations

  • Additional Information: Original German edition published by Harri Deutsch-Verlag, 1987

  • Topics: Quantum Physics, Particle and Nuclear Physics

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