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View SchemaOn the position operator for massless particles
| Authors | Ali Shojai, Mehdi Golshani |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/9612022 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9612022 |
Abstract
It is always stated that the position operator for massless particles has non-comutting components. It is shown that the reason is that the commutation relations between coordinates and momenta differs for massive and massless particles. The correct one for massless particles and a position operator with commuting components are derived.
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