Semiclassical Limit of the Dirac Equation and Spin Precession

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)420-431
Number of pages12
JournalAnnals of Physics
Volume282
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jun 2000

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