Spin doctoring the Dirac equation
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The Dirac and Klein-Gordon equations provide a full relativistic description for particles with spin ½ and 0, respectively. A calculation now shows how to extend this description to particles, such as nuclei, with spin greater than ½.
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The Dirac and Klein-Gordon equations provide a full relativistic description for particles with spin ½ and 0, respectively. A calculation now shows how to extend this description to particles, such as nuclei, with spin greater than ½.
Key concepts: Dirac equation, Spin (aerodynamics), Dirac (video compression format), Physics, Dirac sea, Two-body Dirac equations, Dirac algebra, Dirac spinor