DocumentCode :
999905
Title :
Wave packet with special relativity demonstrating quantum rules, Schrodinger´s equation and propagator integral
Author :
Reed, I.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Volume :
138
Issue :
4
fYear :
1991
fDate :
7/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
223
Lastpage :
236
Abstract :
The physics of special relativity is applied to a wave-packet model of a particle without the usual de Broglie-like assumption of Planck´s rule, E=hv. The velocity of the particle is equated to the group-velocity of the wave-packet to associate the particle with its wave-packet. With such an identification it is demonstrated using special relativity that the momentum four-vector, P=(p, E/c2), of the particle is parallel and proportional to a central wave-number four-vector, K0=(k0, omega 0/c2), of the particle´s wave-packet. The constant of proportionality, relating these two four-vectors, has the dimension of action and by diffraction experiments it has the value h/2 pi where h is Planck´s constant. This refinement of the de Broglie wavelike nature of a particle suggests that special relativity underlies quantum physics more deeply than heretofore believed. The above quantum rules are used to find the wave-packet function in the one-dimensional case of a non-relativistic free particle and a particle in a conservative force field of potential V(x).
Keywords :
Schrodinger equation; quantum theory; special relativity; Planck´s constant; Schrodinger´s equation; conservative force field; constant of proportionality; group-velocity; integral equation; momentum four-vector; propagator integral; quantum rules; special relativity; wave-packet model;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Science, Measurement and Technology, IEE Proceedings A
Publisher :
iet
ISSN :
0960-7641
Type :
jour
Filename :
254046
Link To Document :
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