Foldy-Wouthuysen Transformation with Dirac Matrices in Chiral Representation

2006/05/22 by В. П. Незнамов, V. P. Neznamov, Neznamov, V. P.
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Algebraic and Geometric Analysis #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics #Scientific Research and Discoveries #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/0605215

10 pages, 2 figures

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Abstract

The paper offers an expression of the general Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation in the chiral representation of Dirac matrices and in the presence of boson fields interacting with fermion field.

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