Algebraic solution for the vector potential in the Dirac equation

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/34/28/304MaRDI QIDQ2757887zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors G. Legg, Peter D Jarvis, H. S. Booth

Publication date 5 December 2001

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0104216

zbMATH Keywords

additional constraintsnon-maximality of the rankRadford's method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

Abstract: The Dirac equation for an electron in an external electromagnetic field can be regarded as a singular set of linear equations for the vector potential. Radford's method of algebraically solving for the vector potential is reviewed, with attention to the additional constraints arising from non-maximality of the rank. The extension of the method to general spacetimes is illustrated by examples in diverse dimensions with both $c$- and $a$-number wavefunctions.

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