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LarryS
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The phase of a pure momentum state for a single particle traveling freely is
(p.r – Et) / h-bar.
This also happens to be the Minkowski space-time dot product of the 4-momentum and the space-time 4-vector (relativistic action).
Is that just a coincidence or is phase inherently relativistic?
(p.r – Et) / h-bar.
This also happens to be the Minkowski space-time dot product of the 4-momentum and the space-time 4-vector (relativistic action).
Is that just a coincidence or is phase inherently relativistic?