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arxiv: 1412.0351 · v1 · pith:4P4MRCTMnew · submitted 2014-12-01 · 🪐 quant-ph · hep-th

Newton-Wigner position operator and its corresponding spin operator in relativistic quantum mechanics

classification 🪐 quant-ph hep-th
keywords operatorspinpositionnewton-wignerrelativisticcorrespondingmechanicsquantum
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A relativistic spin operator is to be the difference between the total and orbital angular momentum. As the unique position operator for a localized state, the remarkable Newton-Wigner position operator, which has all desirable commutation relations as a position operator, can give a proper spin operator. Historically important three spin operators respectively proposed by Bogolubov et al., Pryce, and Foldy-Woutheysen are investigated to manifest a corresponding spin operator to the Newton-Wigner position operator. We clarify a unique spin operator in relativistic quantum mechanics described by the Dirac Hamiltonian.

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