Foldy-Wouthuysen Transformation. Exact Solution with Generalization to the Two-Particle Problem

DOI10.1103/PhysRev.111.1011zbMath0082.41705MaRDI QIDQ3252023

E. Eriksen

Publication date: 1958

Published in: Physical Review (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.111.1011

zbMATH Keywords

quantum theory

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