Localization and causality for a free particle

DOI10.1016/S0375-9601(02)01806-6MaRDI QIDQ1858103zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors N. Barat, John C. Kimball

Publication date 11 February 2003

Published in Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0111060

zbMATH Keywords

Dirac equationKlein-Gordon equationpositive energy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05)

Abstract: Theorems (most notably by Hegerfeldt) prove that an initially localized particle whose time evolution is determined by a positive Hamiltonian will violate causality. We argue that this apparent paradox is resolved for a free particle described by either the Dirac equation or the Klein-Gordon equation because such a particle cannot be localized in the sense required by the theorems.

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