Electron interaction with the spin angular momentum of the electromagnetic field

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AA5575zbMATH Open1360.81310arXiv1603.07640OpenAlexW3105945328MaRDI QIDQ2969896FDOQ2969896

Authors: R. F. O'Connell 

Publication date: 23 March 2017

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

Abstract: We give a simple derivation and explanation of a recently proposed new relativistic interaction between the electron and the angular momentum of the electromagnetic field in quantum electrodynamics (QED). Our derivation is based on the work of Moller, who pointed out that, in special relativity, a particle with spin must always have a finite extension. We generalize Mollers classical result to the quantum regime and show that it leads to a new contribution to the energy, which is the special relativistic interaction term. In addition, we show that all spin terms arising from the Dirac equation may be obtained by this method.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.07640

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zbMATH Keywords

spin effectsangular momentum of electromagnetic fieldMøller interaction

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) Covariant wave equations in quantum theory, relativistic quantum mechanics (81R20)

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