A SIMPLE-MODEL OF THE CLASSICAL ZITTERBEWEGUNG - PHOTON WAVE-FUNCTION

Authors
Citation
N. Unal, A SIMPLE-MODEL OF THE CLASSICAL ZITTERBEWEGUNG - PHOTON WAVE-FUNCTION, Foundations of physics, 27(5), 1997, pp. 731-746
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
ISSN journal
00159018
Volume
27
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
731 - 746
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-9018(1997)27:5<731:ASOTCZ>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
We propose a simple classical model of the zitterbewegung. In this mod el spin is proportional to the velocity of the particle, the component parallel to p is constant and the orthogonal components are oscillati ng with 2p frequency. The quantization of the system gives wave equati ons for spin 0, 1/2, 1, 3/2,..., etc. respectively. These equations ar e convenient for massless particles. The wave equation of the spin-1, massless free particle is equivalent to the Maxwell equations and the stare functions have a probability interpretation and exhibit conserve d current densities. The ground state has zero energy.