Abstract
Abstract
Zitterbewegung of a massive Proca (spin-1) boson is analyzed. The equations of motion of a massive Proca particle in the Sakata-Taketani representation are equivalent to the corresponding equations for the Dirac particle. However, Zitterbewegung does not appear in the Foldy-Wouthuysen representation. Zitterbewegung is not observable because the quantum-mechanical counterparts of the classical position and velocity are the position and velocity operators in the Foldy-Wouthuysen representation and their transforms to other representations.
Subject
General Physics and Astronomy
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