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View SchemaVisualizing the kinematics of relativistic wave packets
| Authors | Bernd Thaller |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0409079 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0409079 |
Abstract
This article investigates some solutions of the time-dependent free Dirac equation. Visualizations of these solutions immediately reveal strange phenomena that are caused by the interference of positive- and negative-energy waves. The effects discussed here include the Zitterbewegung, the opposite direction of momentum and velocity in negative-energy wave packets, and the superluminal propagation of the wave packet's local maxima.
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