General solution vs spin invariant eigenstates of the Dirac equation with the Coulomb potential

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2111.08552v1
• Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:27:56 GMT
• Title: General solution vs spin invariant eigenstates of the Dirac equation with the Coulomb potential
• Authors: L.S. Brizhik, A.A. Eremko, V.M. Loktev
• Abstract summary: Solutions of the Dirac equation for an electron in the Coulomb potential are obtained using operator invariants of the equation. It is shown for the first time that these invariants determine electron spatial probability amplitude and spin polarization in each quantum state.
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• Abstract: Solutions of the Dirac equation for an electron in the Coulomb potential are obtained using operator invariants of the equation, namely the Dirac, Johnson-Lippmann and recently found new invariant. It is demonstrated that these operators are the spin invariants. The generalized invariant is constructed and the exact general solution of the Dirac equation are found. In particular, the explicit expressions of the bispinors corresponding to the three complete sets of the invariants, their eigenvalues and quantum numbers are calculated. It is shown that the general solution of one center Coulomb Dirac equation contains free parameters. Changing one or more of these parameters, one can transform one solution of the Dirac equation into any other. It is shown for the first time that these invariants determine electron spatial probability amplitude and spin polarization in each quantum state. Electron probability densities and spin polarizations are explicitly calculated in the general form for several electron states in the hydrogen-like energy spectrum. Spatial distributions of these characteristics are shown to depend essentially on the invariant set, demonstrating, in spite of the accidental degeneracy of energy levels, physical difference of the states corresponding to different spin invariants.

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