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arxiv: 1811.03323 · v1 · pith:X4RSPLCYnew · submitted 2018-11-08 · 🪐 quant-ph

No relativistic probability current for any spin

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keywords probabilitycurrentdensityparticlesspincasescomponentcoordinates
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We investigate whether the Newton-Wigner position probability density, extended from spinless particles to electrons/positrons and particles of higher spin, can be incorporated as the zero component of a four-component probability current density that transforms locally as a four-vector function of the spacetime coordinates. We find that this is not possible, in all cases.

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