A solution of the non-uniqueness problem of the Dirac Hamiltonian and energy operators

DOI10.1002/ANDP.201100166zbMATH Open1244.81047arXiv1107.4556OpenAlexW2166924437MaRDI QIDQ2893446FDOQ2893446

Authors: Mayeul Arminjon 

Publication date: 20 June 2012

Published in: Annalen der Physik. 8th Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In a general spacetime, the possible choices for the field of orthonormal tetrads lead (in standard conditions) to equivalent Dirac equations. However, the Hamiltonian operator is got from rewriting the Dirac equation in a form adapted to a particular reference frame, or class of coordinate systems. That rewriting does not commute with changing the tetrad field $(u_{a}lpha)$. The data of a reference frame F fixes a four-velocity field $v$, and also fixes a rotation-rate field $MatOmega$. It is natural to impose that $u_0=v$. We show that then the spatial triad $(u_p)$ can only be rotating w.r.t. F, and that the title problem is solved if one imposes that the corresponding rotation rate $MatXi$ be equal to $MatOmega$ - or also, if one imposes that $MatXi=Mat0$. We also analyze other proposals which aimed at solving the title problem.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1107.4556

Recommendations

• A simpler solution of the non-uniqueness problem of the covariant Dirac theory
• Summary of a non-uniqueness problem of the covariant Dirac theory and of two solutions of it
• A non-uniqueness problem of the Dirac theory in a curved spacetime
• Should there be a spin-rotation coupling for a Dirac particle?
• On the non-uniqueness problem of the covariant Dirac theory and the spin-rotation coupling

zbMATH Keywords

quantum fields in curved spacetimerelativistic wave equationsLagrangian and Hamiltonian approachEinstein-Maxwell spacetimesspacetimes with fluidsradiation or classical fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Einstein-Maxwell equations (83C22) Electromagnetic fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C50) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55)

Cites Work

• A non-uniqueness problem of the Dirac theory in a curved spacetime
• General reference frames and their associated space manifolds
• On reference frames in spacetime and gravitational energy in freely falling frames
• General relativity: Relative standard mass, momentum, energy and gravitational field in a general system of reference
• Interaction of Neutrinos and Gravitational Fields
• Representations of Dirac equation in general relativity
• Dirac-type equations in a gravitational field, with vector wave function
• Spin-rotation coupling and Fermi-Walker transport
• Vacuum electrodynamics of accelerated systems: Nonlocal Maxwell's equations
• Length measurement in accelerated systems
• Spinor fields in four dimensional space-time
• Hermitian Dirac Hamiltonian in the time-dependent gravitational field
• The effect of Schwarzschild field on spin \(1/2\) particles compared to the effect of a uniformly accelerating frame

Cited In (6)

• On the non-uniqueness problem of the covariant Dirac theory and the spin-rotation coupling
• Should there be a spin-rotation coupling for a Dirac particle?
• Some remarks on quantum mechanics in a curved spacetime, especially for a Dirac particle
• Summary of a non-uniqueness problem of the covariant Dirac theory and of two solutions of it
• A simpler solution of the non-uniqueness problem of the covariant Dirac theory
• A non-uniqueness problem of the Dirac theory in a curved spacetime

This page was built for publication: A solution of the non-uniqueness problem of the Dirac Hamiltonian and energy operators

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q2893446)