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Supersymmetry of Relativistic Hamiltonians for Arbitray Spin

Version 1 : Received: 16 August 2020 / Approved: 19 August 2020 / Online: 19 August 2020 (10:47:38 CEST)

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Junker, G. Supersymmetry of Relativistic Hamiltonians for Arbitrary Spin. Symmetry 2020, 12, 1590. Junker, G. Supersymmetry of Relativistic Hamiltonians for Arbitrary Spin. Symmetry 2020, 12, 1590.

Abstract

Hamiltonians describing the relativistic quantum dynamics of a particle with an arbitrary spin are shown to exhibit a supersymmetric structure when the even and odd elements of the Hamiltonian commute. For such supersymmetric Hamiltonians an exact Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation exits which brings it into a block-diagonal form separating the positive and negative energy subspaces. Here the supercharges transform between energy eigenstates of positive and negative energy. The relativistic dynamics of a charged particle in a magnetic field is considered for the case of a scalar (spin-zero) boson obeying the Klein-Gordan equation, a Dirac (spin one-half) fermion and a vector (spin-one) boson characterised by the Proca equation.

Keywords

Relativistic Wave Equation; Klein-Gordan Equation; Dirac Equation; Proca Equation; Supersymmetry

Subject

Physical Sciences, Mathematical Physics

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