Can Particles Described by Dirac and Klein-Gordon Equations Exist Independently?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Anamitra
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Dirac
Anamitra
Messages
620
Reaction score
0
The component solutions of the Dirac equation are also solutions of the Klein-Gordon equation.
But these solutions are not scalars since the coefficients contain quantities like energy and momentum[the phase part is of course an invariant]
These are neither zero spin nor half spin particles[we are treating them as solutions of the K-G equation]. Is it possible for such particles to exist independently, in the normal or in extreme conditions?
 
Last edited:
Physics news on Phys.org
Anamitra said:
The component solutions of the Dirac equation are also solutions of the Klein-Gordon equation.

True.

Anamitra said:
But these solutions are not scalars since the coefficients contain quantities like energy and momentum[the phase part is of course an invariant]

No, the solutions of either Dirac's equation or KG's equation are invariant if described from an inertial reference system which is not rotated, nor boosted, but only space-time displaced. In other words, the solutions of these equations are invariant wrt to the subgroup of space-time translations, the only difference separating the equations and their solutions comes from the behavior under (restricted) Lorentz transformations.
 
The solutions to the Dirac equation are invariant in form but not in value.One may consider the solution for a Dirac particle at rest in some inertial frame and the corresponding solution in some frame wrt which it is in motion. In certain types of standard treatment we start from the Dirac solution for a particle at rest and then move on to the more general type by some suitable boost to other inertial frames[where the particle is not at rest].

[As an illustration/argument I might say that the quantity {Et}{-}{p}{.}{x} does not change in value when we move from one inertial frame to another. The scalar nature of the dot product conforms to such invariance of value]
 
Last edited:
Insights auto threads is broken atm, so I'm manually creating these for new Insight articles. Towards the end of the first lecture for the Qiskit Global Summer School 2025, Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Olivia Lanes (Global Lead, Content and Education IBM) stated... Source: https://www.physicsforums.com/insights/quantum-entanglement-is-a-kinematic-fact-not-a-dynamical-effect/ by @RUTA
If we release an electron around a positively charged sphere, the initial state of electron is a linear combination of Hydrogen-like states. According to quantum mechanics, evolution of time would not change this initial state because the potential is time independent. However, classically we expect the electron to collide with the sphere. So, it seems that the quantum and classics predict different behaviours!
Back
Top