{
  "id": "1410.5418",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2014-10-19T23:01:02.000Z",
  "updated": "2014-10-19T23:01:02.000Z",
  "title": "The Dirac equation without zitterbewegung",
  "authors": [
    "Michael B. Heaney"
  ],
  "comment": "submitted to Foundations of Physics",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "This paper presents a relativistic symmetrical interpretation of the Dirac equation in 1+1 dimensions which predicts no zitterbewegung for a free spin-1/2 particle. This could resolve the longstanding puzzle of zitterbewegung in relativistic quantum mechanics, and help clarify the physical meaning of the zitterbewegung currently under investigation in many-particle systems. Together with an earlier paper describing a relativistic symmetrical interpretation of the Klein-Gordon equation \\cite{Heaney1}, this new interpretation resolves some inconsistencies in the conventional interpretations of both equations. This new interpretation also makes several experimental predictions that differ from the conventional interpretation of the Dirac equation.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2014-10-19T23:01:02.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "dirac equation",
      "zitterbewegung",
      "relativistic symmetrical interpretation",
      "conventional interpretation",
      "relativistic quantum mechanics"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 1323182,
      "adsabs": "2014arXiv1410.5418H"
    }
  }
}