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From Electromagnetism to Relativistic Quantum Mechanics

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We study the relationship between Maxwell and Dirac equations for a class of solutions of Maxwell equations that can represent purely electromagnetic particles.

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Rodrigues, W.A., Vaz, J. From Electromagnetism to Relativistic Quantum Mechanics. Foundations of Physics 28, 789–814 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018854004954

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