General solutions of relativistic wave equations

DOI10.1023/A:1024498001488zbMATH Open1027.83003arXivmath-ph/0209036OpenAlexW1503631913MaRDI QIDQ1404064FDOQ1404064

Authors: D. Massart 

Publication date: 20 August 2003

Published in: International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: General solutions of relativistic wave equations are studied in terms of the functions on the Lorentz group. A close relationship between hyperspherical functions and matrix elements of irreducible representations of the Lorentz group is established. A generalization of the Gel'fand-Yaglom formalism for higher-spin equations is given. It is shown that a two-dimensional complex sphere is associated with the each point of Minkowski spacetime. The separation of variables in a general relativistically invariant system is obtained via the hyperspherical functions defined on the surface of the two-dimensional complex sphere. In virtue of this, the wave functions are represented in the form of series on the hyperspherical functions. Such a description allows to consider all the physical fields on an equal footing. General solutions of the Dirac and Weyl equations, and also the Maxwell equations in the Majorana-Oppenheimer form, are given in terms of the functions on the Lorentz group.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0209036

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zbMATH Keywords

Maxwell equationsrelativistic wave equationsLorentz groupGel'fand-Yaglom chainshyperspherical functionstwo-dimensional complex sphere

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special relativity (83A05) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Differential geometric methods, including holonomy, Berry and Hannay phases, Aharonov-Bohm effect, etc. in quantum theory (81Q70)

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