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Relativistic Quantum Mechanics - Wave Equations concentrates mainly on the wave equations for spin-0 and spin-1/2 particles. The first chapter deals with the Klein-Gordon equation and its properties and applications. The chapters that follow introduce the Dirac equation, investigate its covariance p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Greiner, Walter
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2000.
Subjects:
Physics.
Quantum theory.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Relativistic Wave Equation for Spin-0 Particles. The Klein-Gordon Equation and Its Applications
  • A Wave Equation for Spin-1/2 Particles
  • The Dirac Equation
  • Lorentz-Covariance of the Dirac Equation
  • Spinors under Spatial Reflection
  • Bilinear Covariants of the Dirac Spinors
  • Another Way of Constructing Solutions of the Free Dirac Equation
  • Projection Operators for Energy and Spin
  • Wave Packets of Plane Dirac Waves
  • Dirac Particles in External Fields: Examples and Problems
  • The Two-Centre Dirac Equation
  • The Foldy-Wouthuysen Representation for Free Particles
  • The Hole Theory
  • Klein's Paradox
  • The Weyl Equation
  • The Neutrino
  • Wave Equations for Particles with Arbitrary Spins
  • Lorentz Invariance and Relativistic Symmetry Principles.