Open AccessCHARGE-SYMMETRIC DESCRIPTION OF ELECTRONS AND POSITRONS IN THE DIRAC THEORY WITHOUT NEGATIVE ENERGIES
Author(s) -
Yu. M. Poluéktov
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
problems of atomic science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1562-6016
pISSN - 1682-9344
DOI - 10.46813/2020-129-071
Subject(s) - antiparticle , physics , negative energy , dirac (video compression format) , positron , electron , charge (physics) , wave function , amplitude , interpretation (philosophy) , dirac equation , quantum mechanics , quantum electrodynamics , antimatter , lepton , computer science , neutrino , programming language
A formulation of the Dirac theory, symmetric with respect to particles and antiparticles, in which negative energy states are excluded, is proposed. Fields of particles and antiparticles are associated with wave functions for which the Born interpretation as probability amplitudes is valid. Thus, in theory, various ”paradoxes” are eliminated, the existence of which is due to incorrect accounting of states with negative energy.