ZITTERBEWEGUNG AND THE ELECTROMAGNETIC-FIELD OF THE ELECTRON

dc.creatorVAZ, J
dc.creatorRODRIGUES, WA
dc.date1993
dc.dateDEC 23
dc.date2014-12-16T11:36:44Z
dc.date2015-11-26T17:26:38Z
dc.date2014-12-16T11:36:44Z
dc.date2015-11-26T17:26:38Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-29T00:13:47Z
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dc.identifierPhysics Letters B. Elsevier Science Bv, v. 319, n. 41699, n. 203, n. 208, 1993.
dc.identifier0370-2693
dc.identifierWOS:A1993MQ25700033
dc.identifier10.1016/0370-2693(93)90803-P
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/75981
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/handle/REPOSIP/75981
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/75981
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1284593
dc.descriptionBy using the spacetime algebra, we explain the helical motion of the electron (zitterbewegung) and its Coulomb field by introducing a mechanism that breaks locally the electromagnetic gauge invariance. We show that this gauge invariance is broken in all points of spacetime, except for those that correspond to that cylindrical helix which is the electron's world line, and that it gives rise to an oscillating Coulomb-like field with frequency equal to the zitterbewegung one. This field is found to satisfy the so-called Maxwell-London equations. This oscillating field, when averaged over a zitterbewegung period, is the usual Coulomb field of the electron.
dc.description319
dc.description41699
dc.description203
dc.description208
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier Science Bv
dc.publisherAmsterdam
dc.publisherHolanda
dc.relationPhysics Letters B
dc.relationPhys. Lett. B
dc.rightsfechado
dc.rightshttp://www.elsevier.com/about/open-access/open-access-policies/article-posting-policy
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectQuantum-mechanics
dc.subjectDirac
dc.titleZITTERBEWEGUNG AND THE ELECTROMAGNETIC-FIELD OF THE ELECTRON
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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