Authors
Citation
Vm. Villalba, ON THE RELATIVISTIC HYDROGEN-ATOM, Revista Mexicana de Fisica, 42(1), 1996, pp. 1-11
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
ISSN journal
0035001X
Volume
42
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1 - 11
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-001X(1996)42:1<1:OTRH>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
In the present article we revisit the problem of a relativistic Dirac
electron. Using a second order formalism which reduces the problem of
finding the energy spectrum to solving the Whittaker equation, we show
that the only physical solution is obtained by truncating the hyperge
ometric series. Therefore the energy spectrum does not depend on any f
ree parameters for 119 < Z < 137.