Klein-Gordan Eqn: Understanding Negative Probabilities

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I am having trouble understand why the klein-gordan eqn is accepted to describe spin 0 particles since it gives the wrong statistical interpretation (such as negative probablities).
 
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Instead of trying to answer, I'll add another question without insinuating anything.

captain said:
I am having trouble understand why the klein-gordan eqn is accepted to describe spin 0 particles since it gives the wrong statistical interpretation (such as negative probablities).

Why have we not observed any supposedly fundamental spin-0 particles in nature? :)

(higgs hasn't been observed)

/Fredrik
 
captain said:
I am having trouble understand why the klein-gordan eqn is accepted to describe spin 0 particles since it gives the wrong statistical interpretation (such as negative probablities).
The Klein-Gordan equation has to be second quantized to get to a QM wave function.
As a one particle equation, [tex]\psi^*\psi[/tex] relates to the charge density.