Nonexistence of "Spin Transverse Force" for a Relativistic Electron

2007/01/16 by W. Zawadzki, Wlodek Zawadzki, Zawadzki, Wlodek · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Crystallography and Radiation Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics #cond-mat.mtrl-sci

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0701378

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Abstract

Using the complete Dirac Hamiltonian for a relativistic electron it is shown that the spin transverse force derived by S.Q. Shen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 187203 (2005) does not exist. This force is an artefact resulting from an approximate form of the employed Hamiltonian.

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