Dirac Equation and Representation Dependent Scattering Phenomena

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.22872v2
• Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2025 23:09:56 GMT
• Title: Dirac Equation and Representation Dependent Scattering Phenomena
• Abstract summary: We show that spin-flip probabilities emerge in the relativistic regime for scalar potentials, absent in the standard Dirac representation.<n>We demonstrate that the transmission (T) and reflection (R) coefficients can depend on the chosen representation of the Clifford algebra.
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• Abstract: We show that spin-flip probabilities emerge in the relativistic regime for scalar potentials, absent in the standard Dirac representation. We examine 1D scattering for the Dirac equation employing an alternate matrix representation introduced by the Author in an earlier study. We demonstrate that the transmission (T) and reflection (R) coefficients can depend on the chosen representation of the Clifford algebra despite the two representations being related by a unitary or non-unitary transformation. We also show that for the non-unitary case quantum interference may arise in scattering phenomena, a testable experimental signature. This representation dependence hints at hidden physics in how spinor components couple to external steps/barriers, even when the relativistic dispersion relation (E^2=p^2+m^2) is the same.

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