Zitterbewegung in external magnetic field: classic versus quantum approach

DOI10.1007/S10701-011-9553-4zbMATH Open1226.81064arXiv1103.2930OpenAlexW2117100627MaRDI QIDQ649909FDOQ649909

Mehran Zahiri-Abyaneh, Mehrdad Farhoudi

Publication date: 25 November 2011

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We investigate variations of the Zitterbewegung frequency of electron due to an external static and uniform magnetic field employing the expectation value quantum approach, and compare our results with the classical model of spinning particles. We demonstrate that these two so far compatible approaches are not in agreement in the presence of an external uniform static magnetic field, in which the classical approach breaks the usual symmetry of free particles and antiparticles states, i.e. it leads to CP violation. Hence, regarding the Zitterbewegung frequency of electron, the classical approach in the presence of an external magnetic field is unlikely to correctly describe the spin of electron, while the quantum approach does, as expected. We also show that the results obtained via the expectation value are in close agreement with the quantum approach of the Heisenberg picture derived in the literature. However, the method we use is capable of being compared with the classical approach regarding the spin aspects. The classical interpretation of spin produced by the altered Zitterbewegung frequency, in the presence of an external magnetic field, are discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1103.2930

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zbMATH Keywords

relativistic quantum mechanicsspinning particlesZitterbewegung

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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