Physics – Mathematical Physics
Scientific paper
2008-10-09
Theor.Math.Phys.156:1308-1318,2008
Physics
Mathematical Physics
17 pages
Scientific paper
10.1007/s11232-008-0108-6
We successively apply the generalized Case-Foldy-Feshbach-Villars (CFFV) and the Foldy-Wouthuysen (FW) transformation to derive the Hamiltonian for relativistic scalar particles in an electromagnetic field. In contrast to the original transformation, the generalized CFFV transformation contains an arbitrary parameter and can be performed for massless particles, which allows solving the problem of massless particles in an electromagnetic field. We show that the form of the Hamiltonian in the FW representation is independent of the arbitrarily chosen parameter. Compared with the classical Hamiltonian for point particles, this Hamiltonian contains quantum terms characterizing the quadrupole coupling of moving particles to the electric field and the electric and mixed polarizabilities. We obtain the quantum mechanical and semiclassical equations of motion of massive and massless particles in an electromagnetic field.
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