Relativistic Wave Equations

Author(s):  
Laurent Baulieu ◽  
John Iliopoulos ◽  
Roland Sénéor

Relativistically covariant wave equations for scalar, spinor, and vector fields. Plane wave solutions and Green’s functions. The Klein–Gordon equation. The Dirac equation and the Clifford algebra of γ‎ matrices. Symmetries and conserved currents. Hamiltonian and Lagrangian formulations. Wave equations for spin-1 fields.

Author(s):  
Michael E. Peskin

This chapter presents the wave equations that govern the behavior of quantum mechanical particles with spin 0, 1/2, and 1 in relativistic theories. These equations are the Klein-Gordon equation, the Dirac equation, and Maxwell’s equations.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 102
Author(s):  
Koshun Suto

The author has previously derived an energy-momentum relationship applicable in a hydrogen atom. Since this relationship is taken as a departure point, there is a similarity with the Dirac’s relativistic wave equation, but an equation more profound than the Dirac equation is derived. When determining the coefficients  and β of the Dirac equation, Dirac assumed that the equation satisfies the Klein-Gordon equation. The Klein-Gordon equation is an equation which quantizes Einstein's energy-momentum relationship. This paper derives an equation similar to the Klein-Gordon equation by quantizing the relationship between energy and momentum of the electron in a hydrogen atom. By looking to the Dirac equation, it is predicted that there is a relativistic wave equation which satisfies that equation, and its coefficients are determined. With the Dirac equation it is necessary to insert a term for potential energy into the equation when describing the state of the electron in a hydrogen atom. However, in this paper, a potential energy term is not introduced into the relativistic wave equation. Instead, potential energy is incorporated into the equation by changing the coefficient  of the Dirac equation.


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