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The quasi-classical pure gyroscope

Квазиклассический чистый гироскоп

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Il Nuovo Cimento A (1965-1970)

Summary

The classical relativistic theory of the pure gyroscope is used here as a model for the quasi-classical description of a spinning electron. Traditional WKB quantization requirements show that the constructed wave functions are asymptotic solutions of the first-order Dirac equation and that the eigenvalues of the first-order Dirac theory are reproduced in the cases tested.

Riassunto

Si usa qui la teoria relativistica classica del giroscopio puro come modello per la descrizione quasi classica dell’elettrone rotante. Le tradizionali condizioni di quantizzazione di WKB indicano che le funzioni d’onda costruite, sono soluzioni asintotiche dell’equazione di Dirac di primo ordine e che gli autovalori della teoria di Dirac di primo ordine sono riprodotti nei casi esaminati.

Резюме

Здесь используется классическая релятивистская теория, чистого гироскопа как модель для квазиклассического описания вращающегося электрона. Традиѕионные требования ВКБ квантования покаэывают, что сконструированные волновые функѕии являются асимптотическими, решениями уравнения Дирака первого порядка, и что собственные значения для теории Дирака первого порядка воспроизводятся в исследованных случаях.

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Rafanelli, K. The quasi-classical pure gyroscope. Nuovo Cimento A (1965-1970) 52, 342–350 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02818408

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