Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
2003-11-14
Phys. Lett. A 322, 84-95 (2004)
Physics
Quantum Physics
19 pages, no figures, LaTex, shortened version for Phys. Lett. A
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.physleta.2004.01.010
The uniqueness of the Bohmian particle interpretation of the Kemmer equation, which describes massive spin-0 and spin-1 particles, is discussed. Recently the same problem for spin-1/2 was dealt with by Holland. It appears that the uniqueness of boson paths can be enforced under well determined conditions. This in turn fixes the nonrelativistic particle equations of the nonrelativistic Schrodinger equation, which appear to correspond with the original definitions given by de Broglie and Bohm only in the spin-0 case. Similar to the spin-1/2 case, there appears an additional spin-dependent term in the guidance equation in the spin-1 case. We also discuss the ambiguity associated with the introduction of an electromagnetic coupling in the Kemmer theory. We argue that when the minimal coupling is correctly introduced, then the current constructed from the energy-momentum tensor is no longer conserved. Hence this current can not serve as a particle probability four-vector.
Baere W. de
de Weirdt S.
Neve J. de
Struyve Ward
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