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A Connecting Link between Lorentz and Dirac Theories of Electrons
Author(s) -
Thattey Sudhir
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
annalen der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1521-3889
pISSN - 0003-3804
DOI - 10.1002/andp.19915030507
Subject(s) - physics , electron , dirac equation , dirac (video compression format) , bispinor , lorentz transformation , dirac sea , quantum mechanics , two body dirac equations , quantum electrodynamics , classical mechanics , lorentz covariance , dirac fermion , fermion , cpt symmetry , neutrino
A theory, that is an initial step towards bridging the gap between Lorentz and Dirac theories of electrons, is presented. An electromagnetic Lagrangian density is postulated, such that, the theory can be cast into a form, similar to Dirac theory. Electromagnetic interpretation of conserved currents, and of usual bilinear covariants in the Dirac theory, is obtained. A counterpart of Abraham‐Lorentz equation, with oscillatory solutions is derived. Self‐energy of electrons is expressed in terms of their self‐potentials and self‐currents.