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View SchemaAn analysis of semiclassical radiation from single particle quantum currents shows surprising results
| Authors | Mark P. Davidson |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0209068 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0209068 |
| Journal | Annales Fondation Louis de Broglie, Volume 30, no 3-4, 2005 pp. 259-272 |
Abstract
Classical electromagnetic radiation from quantum currents and densities are calculated. For the free Schrodinger equation with no external force it's found that the classical radiation is zero to all orders of the multipole expansion. This is true of mixed or pure states for the charged particle. It is a non-trivial and surprising result. A similar result is found for the Klein-Gordon currents when the wave function consists of only positive energy solutions. For the Dirac equation it is found that radiation is suppressed at lower frequencies but is not zero at all frequencies. Implications of these results for the interpretation of quantum mechanics are discussed.
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