Year: 2020
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Zitterbewegung of a massive Proca (spin-1) boson is analyzed. The equations of motion of a massive Proca particle in the Sakata-Taketani representation are equivalent to the corresponding equations for the Dirac particle. However, Zitterbewegung does not appear in the Foldy-Wouthuysen representation. Zitterbewegung is not observable because the quantum-mechanical counterparts of the classical position and velocity are the position and velocity operators in the Foldy-Wouthuysen representation and their transforms to other representations.
Author: Alexander J. Silenko
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3000518089