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Hauptverfasser: Zumer, Benoît, Daem, Florent, Matzkin, Alexandre
Format: Preprint
Veröffentlicht: 2025
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.05200
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author Zumer, Benoît
Daem, Florent
Matzkin, Alexandre
author_facet Zumer, Benoît
Daem, Florent
Matzkin, Alexandre
contents We investigate wavepacket dynamics for a relativistic particle in a box evolving according to the relativistic Schrödinger (also known as the Salpeter) equation. We derive the solutions for an infinite well -- which contrary to the standard relativistic wave equations (such as the Klein-Gordon or Dirac equations) -- are well defined, and use these solutions to construct wavepackets. We obtain expressions for the wavepacket revival times and explore the corresponding quantum carpets (the space-time probability density plots) for different dynamical regimes. We further analyze level spacing statistics as the dynamics goes from the non-relativistic regime to the ultra-relativistic limit.
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spellingShingle Revivals and quantum carpets for the relativistic Schrödinger equation
Zumer, Benoît
Daem, Florent
Matzkin, Alexandre
Quantum Physics
We investigate wavepacket dynamics for a relativistic particle in a box evolving according to the relativistic Schrödinger (also known as the Salpeter) equation. We derive the solutions for an infinite well -- which contrary to the standard relativistic wave equations (such as the Klein-Gordon or Dirac equations) -- are well defined, and use these solutions to construct wavepackets. We obtain expressions for the wavepacket revival times and explore the corresponding quantum carpets (the space-time probability density plots) for different dynamical regimes. We further analyze level spacing statistics as the dynamics goes from the non-relativistic regime to the ultra-relativistic limit.
title Revivals and quantum carpets for the relativistic Schrödinger equation
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.05200