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Comparative analysis of direct and "step-by-step" Foldy–Wouthuysen transformation methods
A. Ya. Silenko Institute for Nuclear Problems, Belarusian State University,
Minsk, Belarus
Abstract:
Relativistic methods for the Foldy–Wouthuysen transformation of the “step-by-step” type already at the first step give an expression for the Hamilton operator not coinciding with the exact result determined by the Eriksen method. The methods agree for the zeroth and first orders in the Planck constant terms but do not agree for the second and higher-order terms. We analyze the benefits and drawbacks of various methods and establish their applicability boundaries.
Keywords:
Foldy–Wouthuysen transformation, unitary transformation, relativistic quantum mechanics.
Received: 09.01.2013 Revised: 17.03.2013
Citation:
A. Ya. Silenko, “Comparative analysis of direct and "step-by-step" Foldy–Wouthuysen transformation methods”, TMF, 176:2 (2013), 189–204; Theoret. and Math. Phys., 176:2 (2013), 987–999
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https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/tmf8468https://doi.org/10.4213/tmf8468 https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/tmf/v176/i2/p189
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