Quantum mechanical Gaussian wavepackets of single relativistic particles

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.09429v2
• Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2024 09:27:06 GMT
• Title: Quantum mechanical Gaussian wavepackets of single relativistic particles
• Authors: Yu-Che Huang, Fong-Ming He, and Shih-Yuin Lin
• Abstract summary: We study the evolutions of selected quasi- (1+1) dimensional wavepacket solutions to the Klein-Gordon equation for a relativistic charged particle in uniform motion or accelerated by a uniform electric field in Minkowski space. We find that the minimal initial width of a wavepacket for a good Gaussian approximation in position space is about the Compton wavelength of the particle divided by its Lorentz factor at the initial moment.
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• Abstract: We study the evolutions of selected quasi-(1+1) dimensional wavepacket solutions to the Klein-Gordon equation for a relativistic charged particle in uniform motion or accelerated by a uniform electric field in Minkowski space. We explore how good the charge density of a Klein-Gordon wavepacket can be approximated by a Gaussian state with the single-particle interpretation. We find that the minimal initial width of a wavepacket for a good Gaussian approximation in position space is about the Compton wavelength of the particle divided by its Lorentz factor at the initial moment. Relativistic length contraction also manifests in the spreading of the wavepacket's charge density.

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