A study of elliptic biquaternionic angular momentum and Dirac equation

In this paper, we deal with the Dirac equation and angular momentum, which have an important place in physics in terms of elliptic biquaternions. Thanks to the elliptic biquaternionic representation of angular momentum, we have expressed some useful mathematical and physical results. We obtain the solutions of the Dirac equation with the help of Dirac matrices with elliptic biquaternionic structure. Then, we have expressed the elliptic biquaternionic rotational Dirac equation. This equation could be interpreted as the combination of rotational energy and angular momentum of the particle and anti-particle. Therefore, we also discuss the elliptic biquaternionic form of rotational energy–momentum and of the relativistic mass. Further, we express the spinor wave function by elliptic biquaternions. Accordingly, we also show elliptic biquaternionic rotational Dirac energy–momentum solutions through this function.

Quantum electrodynamics with self-conjugated equations with spinor wave functions for fermion fields

Quantum electrodynamics (QED) with self-conjugated equations with spinor wave functions for fermion fields is considered. In the low order of the perturbation theory, matrix elements of some of QED physical processes are calculated. The final results coincide with cross-sections calculated in the standard QED. The self-energy of an electron and amplitudes of processes associated with determination of the anomalous magnetic moment of an electron and Lamb shift are calculated. These results agree with the results in the standard QED. Distinctive feature of the developed theory is the fact that only states with positive energies are present in the intermediate virtual states in the calculations of the electron self-energy, anomalous magnetic moment of an electron and Lamb shift. Besides, in equations, masses of particles and antiparticles have the opposite signs.

Geometrical interpretation of the pilot wave theory and manifestation of spinor fields

Using the hydrodynamical formalism of quantum mechanics for a Schrödinger spinning particle developed by Takabayashi, Vigier, and followers, which involves vortical flows, we propose a new geometrical interpretation of the pilot wave theory. The spinor wave in this interpretation represents an objectively real field, and the evolution of a material particle controlled by the wave is a manifestation of the geometry of space. We assume this field to have a geometrical nature, basing on the idea that the intrinsic angular momentum, the spin, modifies the geometry of the space, which becomes a manifold, represented as a vector bundle with a base formed by the translational coordinates and time, and the fiber of the bundle, specified at each point by the field of a tetrad $e^a_{\mu}$, forms from bilinear combinations of the spinor wave function. It has been shown that the spin vector rotates following the geodesic of the space with torsion, and the particle moves according to the geometrized guidance equation. This fact explains the self-action of the spinning particle. We show that the curvature and torsion of the spin vector line is determined by the space torsion of the absolute parallelism geometry.

Comment on “Solutions of the Dirac equation with an improved expression of the Rosen–Morse potential energy model including Coulomb-like tensor interaction”

The Nikiforov–Uvarov polynomial method employed by Aguda (Can. J. Phys. 2013, 91: 689. doi: 10.1139/cjp-2013-0109 ) to solve the Dirac equation with an improved Rosen–Morse potential plus a Coulomb-like tensor potential is shown to be inappropriate because the conditions of its application are not fulfilled. We clarify the problem and construct the correct solutions in the spin and pseudospin symmetric regimes via the standard method of solving differential equations. For the bound states, we obtain the spinor wave functions in terms of the generalized hypergeometric functions 2F1(a, b, c; z) and in each regime we show that the energy levels are determined by the solutions of a transcendental equation that can be solved numerically.

Exact Solution of the Curved Dirac Equation in Polar Coordinates: Master Function Approach

We show that the (2+1) curved Dirac equation in polar coordinates can be transformed into Schrodinger-like differential equation for upper spinor component. We compare this equation with the Schrodinger equation derived from shape invariance property of second order differential equations of mathematical physics. This formalism enables us to determine the electrostatic potential and relativistic energy in terms of master function and corresponding weight function. We also obtain the spinor wave function in terms of orthogonal polynomials.

Pseudospin and Spin Symmetric Solutions of the Dirac Equation: Hellmann Potential,Wei–Hua Potential, Varshni Potential

Approximate analytical solutions of the Dirac equation are obtained for the Hellmann potential, the Wei-Hua potential, and the Varshni potential with any k-value for the cases having the Dirac equation pseudospin and spin symmetries. Closed forms of the energy eigenvalue equations and the spinor wave functions are obtained by using the Nikiforov-Uvarov method and some tables are given to see the dependence of the energy eigenvalues on different quantum number pairs (n;κ).

Canonical formalism and quantization of a massless spinning bosonic particle in four dimensions

A twistor model of a free massless spinning particle in four-dimensional Minkowski space is studied in terms of space–time and spinor variables. This model is specified by a simple action, referred to here as the gauged Shirafuji action, that consists of twistor variables and gauge fields on the one-dimensional parameter space. We consider the canonical formalism of the model by following the Dirac formulation for constrained Hamiltonian systems. In the subsequent quantization procedure, we obtain a plane-wave solution with momentum spinors. From this solution and coefficient functions, we construct positive-frequency and negative-frequency spinor wave functions defined on complexified Minkowski space. It is shown that the Fourier–Laplace transforms of the coefficient functions lead to the spinor wave functions expressed as the Penrose transforms of the corresponding holomorphic functions on twistor space. We also consider the exponential generating function for the spinor wave functions and derive a novel representation for each of the spinor wave functions.