<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The present paper proposes canonical Dirac framework adapted for application to the electronic processes in solid state. The concern is a spatially periodic structure of atoms distinguished by birth and annihilation of particle states excited due to interaction with the electromagnetic field. This implies replacing the conventional energy-momentum relation specific of the canonical Dirac framework and permissible for particle physics by a case specific relation available for the solid state. The advancement is a unified and consistent mathematical framework incorporating the Hilbert space, the quantum field, and the special relativity. Essential details of the birth and annihilation of the particle states are given by an illustrative two-band model obeying basic laws of quantum mechanics, special relativity, and symmetry principles maintained from the canonical Dirac framework as a desirable property and as a prerogative for the study of the particle coupling and correlation.</p></abstract>

The present paper proposes canonical Dirac framework adapted for application to the electronic processes in solid state. The concern is a spatially periodic structure of atoms distinguished by birth and annihilation of particle states excited due to interaction with the electromagnetic field. This implies replacing the conventional energy-momentum relation specific of the canonical Dirac framework and permissible for particle physics by a case specific relation available for the solid state. The advancement is a unified and consistent mathematical framework incorporating the Hilbert space, the quantum field, and the special relativity. Essential details of the birth and annihilation of the particle states are given by an illustrative two-band model obeying basic laws of quantum mechanics, special relativity, and symmetry principles maintained from the canonical Dirac framework as a desirable property and as a prerogative for the study of the particle coupling and correlation.

Electronic Processes in Solid State: Dirac Framework

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

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The present paper proposes canonical Dirac framework adapted for application to the electronic processes in solid state. The concern is a spatially periodic...

Electronic Processes in Solid State: Dirac Framework

Publié en ligne: 28 mars 2019

Pages: 60 - 69

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2019-0006

Mots clés
canonical quantization, Dirac field, Hilbert spaces, quasi-particle birth/annihilation

© 2019 E. Klotins, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Electronic Processes in Solid State: Dirac Framework

Publié en ligne: 28 mars 2019

Pages: 60 - 69

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2019-0006

Mots cléscanonical quantization, Dirac field, Hilbert spaces, quasi-particle birth/annihilation

© 2019 E. Klotins, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
canonical quantization, Dirac field, Hilbert spaces, quasi-particle birth/annihilation