Semiclassical expectation values for relativistic particles with spin 1/2

Authors
Citation
J. Bolte, Semiclassical expectation values for relativistic particles with spin 1/2, FOUND PHYS, 31(2), 2001, pp. 423-444
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS
ISSN journal
00159018 → ACNP
Volume
31
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
423 - 444
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-9018(200102)31:2<423:SEVFRP>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Fore relativistic particles with spin 1/2, which are described by the Dirac equation, a semiclassical trace formula is introduced that incorporates ex pectation values of observables in eigenstates of the Dirac-Hamiltonian. Fu rthermore, the semiclassical limit of an average of expectation values is e xpressed in terms of a classical average of the corresponding classical obs ervable.