{
  "id": "quant-ph/9911065",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "1999-11-14T16:37:45.000Z",
  "updated": "1999-11-14T16:37:45.000Z",
  "title": "Semiclassical limit of the Dirac equation and spin precession",
  "authors": [
    "Herbert Spohn"
  ],
  "doi": "10.1006/aphy.2000.6039",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "We study the Dirac equation with slowly varying external potentials. Using matrix-valued Wigner functions we prove that the electron follows with high precision the classical orbit and that the spin precesses according to the BMT equation with gyromagnetic ratio g=2.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "1999-11-14T16:37:45.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "dirac equation",
      "spin precession",
      "semiclassical limit",
      "slowly varying external potentials",
      "matrix-valued wigner functions"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}