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Current density in relativistic quantum mechanics

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We extend to relativistic theories the concepts of probability density and probability current density of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics, together with the charge and current densities that are used as sources of the electromagnetic field in the semi-classical theory of radiation. There are some limitations in the procedure, especially in the case of several particles.

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  1. Department of Physics, Drexel University, 19104, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Egon Marx

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Marx, E. Current density in relativistic quantum mechanics. Int J Theor Phys 5, 151–159 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00670509

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