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arxiv: 0711.0049 · v2 · submitted 2007-11-01 · 🪐 quant-ph

SO(4) symmetry in the relativistic hydrogen atom

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We show that the relativistic hydrogen atom possesses an SO(4) symmetry by introducing a kind of pseudo-spin vector operator. The same SO(4) symmetry is still preserved in the relativistic quantum system in presence of an U(1) monopolar vector potential as well as a nonabelian vector potential. Lamb shift and SO(4) symmetry breaking are also discussed.

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