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arxiv: 1109.6631 · v3 · pith:K4ZFBTLLnew · submitted 2011-09-29 · ✦ hep-ph · hep-ex

Superluminality and a Curious Phenomenon in the Relativistic Quantum Hamilton-Jacobi Equation

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keywords averagingspeedfreehamilton-jacobioscillatingproblemquantumrelativistic
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A basic problem in the relativistic quantum Hamilton-Jacobi theory is to understand whether it may admit superluminal solutions. Here we consider the averaging of the speed on a period of the oscillating term which is similar to Dirac's averaging of the oscillating part of the free electron's speed. Such an averaging solves the problem of getting the $\hbar\to 0$ limit of the speed of the free particle, and leads to solutions that, depending on the integration constants, may be superluminal.

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