Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1995-08-17
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
LateX, 21 pages
Scientific paper
A short review of special relativistic dynamics describing a particle acted upon by an arbitrary conservative external force is presented. If the mass of the particle is zero and the force is central then the equations of motion turn out to be completely integrable. A well-known result. Hamiltonian flows on the twistor phase space T are constructed which, for conservative forces and value of the helicity equal to zero, reproduce equations of motion of the classical massless particle. For helicities different from zero the same hamiltonian flows produce equations of motion showing a curious "Zitterbewegung" like behaviour. A canonical Poincare covariant quantization procedure on T is suggested. One simple example describing a spinning and massless 3-D quantum mechanical harmonic oscillator is analysed in some detail.
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