Advances in imaging and electron physics. Volume 154, Dirac's difference equation and the physics of finite differences /
In this volume, the authors extend the calculus of finite differences to Dirac's equation. They obtain solutions for particles with negative mass that are completely equivalent to the solutions with positive mass. In addition, they obtain solutions for nuclear distances of the order of 10-13m a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Amsterdam :
Academic Press,
2008.
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| Series: | Advances in imaging and electron physics ;
154. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In this volume, the authors extend the calculus of finite differences to Dirac's equation. They obtain solutions for particles with negative mass that are completely equivalent to the solutions with positive mass. In addition, they obtain solutions for nuclear distances of the order of 10-13m and less rather than for the usual atomic distances. They report a number of other deviations from the differential theory, for instance they found a slight deviation in the eigenvalues of an electron in a Coulomb field, similar to the Lamb shift. In two sections some surprising results are shown for the concept of space caused by the replacement of dx by delta x. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 317 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780123742216 0123742218 9786612257650 6612257652 0080880363 9780080880365 |