The Second-Quantized Theory of Spin-1/2 Particles in the Nonrelativistic Limit
dc.contributor.author | Osborn, Richard K. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-09-02T18:54:13Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-09-02T18:54:13Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1952-05-01 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Phys. Rev. 86, 340-347 (1952) <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/86127> | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/86127 | |
dc.description.abstract | The second-quantized Dirac Hamiltonian for free electrons is transformed by a canonical transformation to a representation in which the positive and negative energy wave operators are separately represented by two-component operators. The transformation employed is the second-quantized analog of the one derived by Foldy and Wouthuysen in their discussion of the one-particle Dirac theory and its nonrelativistic limit. This transformation is then applied to the wave operators and the Hamiltonian in the second-quantized, charge-conjugate formalism for Dirac particles. The wave operators for positrons and electrons become linearly-independent two-component operators, and the Hamiltonian separates into an electron and a positron part, each of which contains only the corresponding two-component wave operators. It is also shown that by means of an appropriate, readily determinable sequence of canonical transformations, Hamiltonians for fields of spin-_ particles interacting via intermediary fields can also be reduced to nonrelativistic form. This is accomplished by transforming the Hamiltonian to a representation in which it is exhibited effectively as a series expansion in powers of the Compton wavelength of the spin-_ particle. Illustration of the method is provided by detailed examination of the case of nucleons interacting via the pseudoscalar meson field. | en_US |
dc.publisher | American Physical Society | en_US |
dc.rights | © 1952 The American Physical Society | en_US |
dc.title | The Second-Quantized Theory of Spin-1/2 Particles in the Nonrelativistic Limit | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Engineering | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, Ohio | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/86127/1/PhysRev.86.340-RKO.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1103/PhysRev.86.340 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Physical Review | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, Department of (NERS) |
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