Relation between Dirac's equation density matrix and current with spin

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After computind dirac 1D equation for a free particle particle I get 2 matrixs. From both,them I extract the probablity matrix and the current matrix. I'm asking how to extract the two singles values for the spin up and down from there, those that used in quantum computing, the states .
After computind dirac 1D equation time dependent for a free particle particle I get 2 matrixs. From both,them I extract:
1) the probability matrix P =ps1 * ps1 + psi2 *psi2
2) the current matrix J = np.conj(psi1)*psi2+np.conj(psi2)*psi1
Two equations in plain math notation: P(t,x) = |psi_1|^2 + |psi_4|^2, and J(t,x) = conj(psi_1) psi_4 + conj(psi_4) psi_1.

I think that current is related to electricity, and since we are talking about a single free particle, it must have a relation with the spin drawed in the bloch sphere with the two single values or states, that represent the probaility for spin up or down, So how do I extract these 2 values from this matrix J.
Plot of a Gaussian-shaped position wave packet in green with a red current curve below the baseline, showing a bipolar dip-and-peak shape centred on the packet, with the labels current and position in the upper left.
how to extract the spin to this
Bloch sphere diagram with the poles labelled <0| at top and <1| at bottom, a yellow arrow pointing into the sphere, and the text 1 QBIT 0 = 49 %, 1 = 49 %, 0.707 |0> + 0.707 |1>.


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I'm not sure if I understand your question correctly, but it seems like you're asking how to extract the spin from the current matrix J. If this is the case, then the answer would depend on how the current matrix J is defined in the code. If it is defined in terms of the probability matrix P, then the spin can be extracted from the probability matrix P using the formula S = P*sign(P).