{ "id": "quant-ph/9502015", "version": "v1", "published": "1995-02-16T18:51:00.000Z", "updated": "1995-02-16T18:51:00.000Z", "title": "Interpretation of the evolution parameter of the Feynman parametrization of the Dirac equation", "authors": [ "Juan P. Aparicio", "Fabian H. Gaioli", "Edgardo T. Garcia Alvarez" ], "comment": "6 pages, RevTex, no figures, submitted to Phys. Lett. A", "journal": "Phys.Lett.A200:233-238,1995", "doi": "10.1016/0375-9601(95)00193-7", "categories": [ "quant-ph" ], "abstract": "The Feynman parametrization of the Dirac equation is considered in order to obtain an indefinite mass formulation of relativistic quantum mechanics. It is shown that the parameter that labels the evolution is related to the proper time. The Stueckelberg interpretation of antiparticles naturally arises from the formalism.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "1995-02-16T18:51:00.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "dirac equation", "feynman parametrization", "evolution parameter", "indefinite mass formulation", "relativistic quantum mechanics" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "note": { "typesetting": "RevTeX", "pages": 6, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "inspire": 392876 } } }