EQUIVALENCE OF DIRAC AND MAXWELL EQUATIONS AND QUANTUM-MECHANICS

Citation
J. Vaz et Wa. Rodrigues, EQUIVALENCE OF DIRAC AND MAXWELL EQUATIONS AND QUANTUM-MECHANICS, International journal of theoretical physics, 32(6), 1993, pp. 945-959
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
ISSN journal
00207748
Volume
32
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
945 - 959
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-7748(1993)32:6<945:EODAME>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
In this paper we present an analysis of the possible equivalence of Di rac and Maxwell equations using the Clifford bundle formalism and comp are it with Campolattaro's approach, which uses the traditional tensor calculus and the standard Dirac covariant spinor field. We show that Campolattaro's intricate calculations can be proved in few lines in ou r formalism. We briefly discuss the implications of our findings for t he interpretation of quantum mechanics.