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Relativistic Quantum Mechanics

Wave Equations

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  • © 1990

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Authors:
  1. Walter Greiner

    1. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Fed. Rep. of Germany

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
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  2. Relativistic Wave Equation for Spin-O Particles The Klein-Gordon Equation and Its Applications

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    Pages 1-73

  3. A Wave Equation for Spin-1/2 Particles — The Dirac Equation

    • Walter Greiner
    Pages 75-98

  4. Lorentz-Covariance of the Dirac Equation

    • Walter Greiner
    Pages 99-117

  5. Spinors under Spatial Reflection

    • Walter Greiner
    Pages 119-120

  6. Bilinear Covariants of the Dirac Spinors

    • Walter Greiner
    Pages 121-125

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

    • Walter Greiner
    Pages 127-143

  8. Projection Operators for Energy and Spin

    • Walter Greiner
    Pages 145-150

  9. Wave Packets of Plane Dirac Waves

    • Walter Greiner
    Pages 151-159

  10. Dirac Particles in External Fields: Examples and Problems

    • Walter Greiner
    Pages 161-200

  11. The Two-Centre Dirac Equation

    • Walter Greiner
    Pages 201-216

  12. The Foldy-Wouthuysen Representation for Free Particles

    • Walter Greiner
    Pages 217-231

  13. The Hole Theory

    • Walter Greiner
    Pages 233-259

  14. Klein’s Paradox

    • Walter Greiner
    Pages 261-267

  15. The Weyl Equation — The Neutrino

    • Walter Greiner
    Pages 269-279

  16. Wave Equations for Particles with Arbitrary Spins

    • Walter Greiner
    Pages 281-312

  17. Lorentz Invariance and Relativistic Symmetry Principles

    • Walter Greiner
    Pages 313-338

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 339-345
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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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Walter Greiner

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Relativistic Quantum Mechanics

  • Book Subtitle: Wave Equations

  • Authors: Walter Greiner

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02634-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1990

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-02634-2Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 345

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations

  • Additional Information: Original German edition published by Harri Deutsch, Thun 1981

  • Topics: Quantum Physics, Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics

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