Dirac Definition and 859 Threads

In everyday language, beauty is an emotional concept. How would you mix that with quantum physics and the mathematics behind it? Or is what he refers to as "beauty" is more like simplicity? I mean, I agree with the man, the Standard Model feels redundantly complex, but I feel like there is...

I would like to know the solution to Liouville equation ∂ρ/∂t=-{ρ,H} given the initial condition ρ(t=0)=δ(q,p) where δ(q,p) is a dirac delta centered in some point (q,p) in phase space. I have the feeling, but I'm not sure, that the solution is of the form ρ(t)=δ(q(t),p(t)) where q(t) and...

I've been trying to form a proof using , using majorly dirac notation.There has been claims that its much better to use in QM. The question i wanted to generally show that the expected value is Zero for all odd energy levels.I believe i have solved the question but I am a bit Iffy about a step...

In a PDF i was looking through i came about a question for the operator P = |a><b| find Px(adjoint) the adjoint was defined as <v|Px|u> = (<u|P|v>)* where u and v can be any bra and ket now for the question: (<u|a><b|v>)* = <v|Px|u> this is the confusing step , i thought conjugated simply...

Here I am considering the one particle free Dirac equation. As is known the spin operator does not commute with the Hamiltonian. However, the solutions to the Dirac equation have a constant spinor term and only an overall phase factor which depends on time. So as the solution evolves in time...

Hi. I was trying to test a code for the diffusion equation, using the analytical solution for infinite media, with a Dirac delta source term: ##q(\mathbf{r},t)=\delta (\mathbf{r}) \delta (t)##. The code is not giving the analytical solution, and there might be several reasons why this is so...

hey guys just a quick question , within the Dirac notation I we have bras and kets.Is it allowable to simply hermitianly conjugate everything , e.g: <w|c> = <b|c> - <d|c> Can we then: <c|w> = <c|b> -<c|d> Or is there some subtly hidden rule.

I was reading this paper https://arxiv.org/pdf/0805.4725.pdf It seems that the potential between the particles can be assumed of different forms, shouldn't the potential be a solution of the problem. Thanks

In https://quantummechanics.ucsd.edu/ph130a/130_notes/node45.html after "Instead of an equation which is second order in the time derivative, we can make a first order equation, like the Schrödinger equation, by extending this equation to four components." it is evident that the solution is...

In the Dirac equation, the wave-function is broken into four wave-functions in four entries in a column of a matrix. Since there are four separate versions of the wave-function, does each version have the spin angular momentum of h-bar/2? This seems overly simplistic. How does spin angular...

I mean the equation shows the particle could have any momentum, how did that came about. If it is truly free it should have only an energy of mc^2, shouldn't it.

If the Higgs Field could exist with constant 246GeV across all of space. How come the Dirac Sea couldn't exist? If the Universe can easily accommodate Higgs Field.. why not Dirac Sea for all particles. Also how does the Dirac Sea of bosons work? Like W+, W-? Any idea? I was asking about the...

In the above equation for Dirac energy, is it trivial to note that given: Principal quantum number n Orbital angular momentum quantum number l(max) = n - 1 Total angular momentum quantum number j = l + 1/2 = n - 1/2 Then nr = n - j - 1/2 = n - (n - 1/2) - 1/2 = 0 and the energy expression...

Hello, I tried to compute the Fourier series coefficients for the Dirac comb function. I did it using both the "complex" formula and the "real" formula for the Fourier series, and I got : - complex formula : Cn = 1/T - real formula : a0 = 1/T, an = 2/T, bn = 0 This seems to be valid since it...

I would just like to understand how to use the above Dirac energy equation to calculate (for example) the 1s-2s transition frequency in hydgrogen. Does one substitute n=1, j=0 for 1s energy level and n=2, j=0 for 2s energy level ? From previous reading I understand the mass referred to in the...

I am working through the first chapter of Lessons on Particle Physics by Luis Anchordoqui and Francis Halzen. The link is https://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/0906/0906.1271v2.pdf I am on page 22. Equation 1.5.61: ##L_{Dirac}=\psi \bar ( i\gamma^\mu \partial_\mu-m)\psi## where ##\psi bar =...

I am working through "Lessons on Particle Physics." The link is https://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/0906/0906.1271v2.pdf. I am on page 21, equation (1.5.50), which is ##S(\Lambda)=1-\frac{i}{2}\omega_{\mu\nu}\Sigma^{\mu\nu}##. I would like some motivation for this equation. I wonder what the...

Hello! I am a bit confused about matrices dimensions in the second quantization of the Dirac field. The book I am using is "An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory" by Peskin and Schroder and I will focus in this question mainly on the Parity operator which is section 3.6. The field operator...

So I am working through Lessons in Particle Physics by Luis Anchordoqui and Francis Halzen, the link is https://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/0906/0906.1271v2.pdf I am in the discussion of the Dirac equation, on page 21, trying to go from equation 1.5.49 to 1.5.51. And I get stuck. Equation...

Hi, I am reading the Quantum Mechanics, 2nd edition by Bransden and Joachain. On page 777, the book gives an example of Dirac delta function. $\delta_\epsilon (x) = \frac{\epsilon}{\pi(x^2 + \epsilon^2)}$ I am wondering how I can show $\lim_{x\to 0+} \int_{a}^{b} \delta_\epsilon (x) dx$...

Homework Statement Matrices ##\alpha_k=\gamma^0 \gamma^k##, ##\beta=\gamma^0## and ##\alpha_5=\alpha_1\alpha_2\alpha_3 \beta##. If we know that for Dirac Hamiltonian H_D\psi(x)=E \psi(x) then show that \alpha_5 \psi(x)=-E \psi(x) Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution I tried to...

I am completely baffled by bit of notation in Quantum Mechanics Concepts and Applications by Zitteli. He is trying to get the differential equation for the ground state of a harmonic oscillator using the algebraic method as opposed to Schrodinger's equation. I suspect he is compressing a lot of...

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I have a question regarding the Dirac notation arithmetic. Below is a measurement of a general 2 qubit state with the measurement operator M=|0><0| ⊗ I , where I is the identity operator. To go from equation (2) to equation (3), I've been converting all the Dirac notation to matrices and column...

why system has a rotational symmetry in dirac equation? is that a general property of all systems?

Homework Statement I know that we can write ## \int_{-\infinity}^{\infinity}{e^{ikx}dx}= 2\pi \delta (k) ## But is there an equivalent if the interval which we are considering is finite? i.e. is there any meaning in ##\int_{-0}^{-L}{e^{i(k-a)x}dx} ## is a lies within 0 and L? Homework...

Hi, if I have an interval on the x-axis, defined by the parameter L, can this, interval be transformed to a Dirac delta function instead, on the x-axis? Thanks!

If I have a general (not a plain wave) state $$|\psi\rangle$$, then in position space : $$\langle \psi|\psi\rangle = \int^{\infty}_{-\infty}\psi^*(x)\psi(x)dx$$ is the total probability (total absolute, assuming the wave function is normalized) So if the above is correct, does that mean...

Can the wave function in four dimensions be expressed as e^i(kx+ky+kz-wt)?

I'd like this issue clarified I understand that a full nonpertubative quantization of a yang mills gauge theory in 4D is unavailable. is Dirac quantization of classical theory of gravity e.g GR rewritten Ashtekar Variables Variables or some variation of the idea, a viable approach to a...

Hi. So I'm trying to use Laplace transforms in inverting a particular s-function via the convolution formula. I ended up with this terrifying-looking thing: So distributing, I ended up with: Evaluating the second integral poses no problem for me (although I think the integration will...

Homework Statement Show that in the chiral (massless) limit, Gamma 5 commutes with the Dirac Hamiltonian in the presence of an electromagnetic field. Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution My first question is whether my Dirac Hamiltonian looks correct, I constructed it by separating the...

Homework Statement Compute the antiparticle spinor solutions of the free Dirac equation whilst working in the Weyl representation.Homework Equations Dirac equation $$(\gamma^\mu P_\mu +m)v_{(p)}=0$$ Dirac matrices in the Weyl representation $$ \gamma^\mu= \begin{bmatrix} 0 & \sigma^i \\...

Is the "function" R->R f(x) = +oo, if x =0 (*) 0, if x =/= 0 Lebesgue measureable? Does its Lebesgue Integral exist? If yes, how much is it? (*) Certainly we shoud give a convenient meaning to that writing. -- lightarrow

Hi guys :) I'm just wondering if anyone knows of a book that has the Dirac equation solved in the Weyl basis in it? I'd like to check my method to make sure I'm on the correct lines. Thanks

I understand that momentum, rest mass and energy can be put on the sides of a right triangle such that the Pythagorean Theorem suggests E^2=p^2+m^2. I understand that the Dirac equation says E=aypy+axpx+azpz+Bm and that when we square both sides the momentum and mass terms square while the cross...

In a thesis, I found double sided arrow notation in the lagrangian of a Dirac field (lepton, quark etc) as follows. \begin{equation} L=\frac{1}{2}i\overline{\psi}\gamma^{\mu}\overset{\leftrightarrow}{D_{\mu}}\psi \end{equation} In the thesis, Double sided arrow is defined as follows...

The Dirac Hamiltonian is essentially ##H = m + \vec{p}##. I found a issue with this relation, because we know from relativity that ##E^2 = m^2 + p^2## and there seems to be no way of ##E = \pm \sqrt{m^2 + p^2} = m + p##. To get out of this issue, I tried the following. I considered ##E## as a...

Homework Statement Show that this is a valid representation of the Dirac Delta function, where ε is positive and real: \delta(x) = \frac{1}{\pi}\lim_{ε \rightarrow 0}\frac{ε}{x^2+ε^2} Homework Equations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirac_delta_function The Attempt at a Solution I just...

If we were to replace δ(x), the orginal Dirac Delta, with δ(sin(ωx)), what would be the result? Would we have an infinite spike everywhere on the graph of sinx where x is a multiple integer of π/ω? and 0 everywhere else? I apologize in advance if I had posted in the wrong category.

Hello everybody, Dirac notation uses "bras"( <a| ) and "kets"( |b> ), which are row vectors and column vectors respectively, but what would something like |a, b> mean? It makes no notational sense to me Context: A couple of photons going through beam splitters in an interferometer. One is...

Could you, please, give me reference to any paper or talk by Paul Dirac where he expresses his views about or give comments to the de Broglie-Bohm theory (Bohmian mechanics)?

The probability density of the dirac spinor is known to be ∑(Ψ)2 and I know how it is derived. However, I'm just wondering why it should be positive definite. Since the lower two components represent antiparticles, so shouldn't the probability density contribution of those two components be...

Currently, I am reading this article which introduces electromagnetism. It gives a function for the charge density as: $$\rho = q\delta(x-r(t))$$ The paper states that "the delta-function ensures that all the charge sits at a point," but how does it do that? Also, if ##r(t)## is the trajectory...

Hi, Consider this definition of the Dirac delta: $$\delta (x-q)=\lim_{a \rightarrow 0}\frac{1}{a\sqrt \pi}e^{-(x-q)^2/a^2}$$ First, this would make a normalized position eigenfunction $$\psi (x)=\lim_{a \rightarrow 0}\frac{1}{\sqrt{a\sqrt \pi}}e^{-x^2/2a^2}$$ right? If that is so, why do...

Hello! I read that if we apply the exactly same procedure for Dirac theory as we did for Klein Gordon, in quantizing the field, we obtain this hamiltonian: ##H=\int{\frac{d^3p}{(2\pi)^3}\sum(E_pa_p^{s\dagger}a_p^s-E_pb_p^{s\dagger}b_p^s)}## and this is wrong as by applying the creation operator...

Hello! I am reading Peskin's book on QFT and at a point he wants to show that the Dirac field can't be quantified using this commutation relations: ##[\psi_a(x),\psi_b^\dagger(x)]=\delta^3(x-y)\delta_{ab}## (where ##\psi## is the solution to Dirac equation). I am not sure I understand the math...

I was reading that one of the successes of the Dirac equation was that it was able to account for the fine structure of some of the differences in the spectrum of the hydrogen atom. But the Dirac equation is about subatomic particles moving at relativistic velocities. But an electron around the...

Homework Statement I need to integrate this expression : P(k, w) = A * δ(w-k*v) * f(k, w) A is constant and δ, Dirac Delta.Homework Equations [/B] There is double integration : I = ∫0∞ dk ∫0∞ P(k,w) dw = A ∫∫0∞ δ(w-k*v) * f(k, w) dw dk The Attempt at a Solution [/B] I'm confused with...

Homework Statement I am trying to fill in the steps between equations in the derivation of the coordinate representation of the Darwin term of the Dirac Hamiltonian in the Hydrogen Fine Structure section in Shankar's Principles of Quantum Mechanics. $$ H_D=\frac{1}{8 m^2...