Summary
The free Dirac electron possesses three constants of the motion, which are connected with the phenomenon of theZitterbewegung.
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P. A. M. Dirac:The Principles of Quantum Mechanics, fourth edition (The Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1958), sect. 67.
W. Pauli:Die allgemeinen Prinzipien der Wellenmechanick, inHandb. d. Phys., Bd. V/1 (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, etc., 1958), Ziff. 20.
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Loinger, A. New constants of the motion for the free Dirac electron. Nuov Cim A 105, 899–900 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02799106
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