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Zitterbewegung in quantum field theory

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: Traditionally, the zitterbewegung (ZB) of the Dirac electron has just been studied at the level of quantum mechanics. Seeing the fact that an old interest in ZB has recently been rekindled by the investigations on spintronic, graphene, and superconducting systems, etc., this paper presents a quantum-field-theory investigation on ZB and obtains the conclusion that, the ZB of an electron arises from the influence of virtual electron-positron pairs (or vacuum fluctuations) on the electron.

Source: Chinese Physics B

DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/17/11/035

Authors: Wang Zhi-Yong, Xiong Cai-Dong

Institution: University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Language: German

Topic: Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China

Award: 电磁波导的量子理论及其应用研究