The Klein-Gordon equation with relativistic mass: a relativistic Schrödinger equation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2501.07798v2
• Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 22:17:44 GMT
• Title: The Klein-Gordon equation with relativistic mass: a relativistic Schrödinger equation
• Authors: P. -A. Gourdain,
• Abstract summary: We show that the Klein-Gordon equation for a free particle turns into the Schr"odinger equation in the non-relativistic limit. It can be argued that this Klein-Gordon equation is a sort of relativistic Schr"odinger equation.
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• Abstract: The Klein-Gordon equation describes the wave-like behavior of spinless particles since it is Lorentz invariant. While it seemed initially ripe for explaining the electronic structure of the hydrogen atom, the lack of a unconditional positive probability density really limited its applications. Yet, it is intimately connected with fermions. Any solution to the Dirac equation is automatically a solution to the Klein-Gordon equation. What is even more surprising, the Klein-Gordon equation for a free particle turns into the Schr\"odinger equation in the non-relativistic limit. In this work we show that these problems disappear when we use the relativistic mass instead of the rest mass. While the Klein-Gordon equation losses its Lorentz invariance because of this transformation, it gains most of the features present the Schr\"odinger equation, including the unconditional positivity of probability density, while keeping most of its relativistic characteristics intact, including the matter-wave dispersion relation. What is even more surprising, the non-relativistic, quasi-static limit of the Klein-Gordon equation with relativistic mass is simply the Schr\"odinger equation under all possible conditions. So, it can be argued that this Klein-Gordon equation is a sort of relativistic Schr\"odinger equation.

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