American Journal of Physics

Klein’s paradox

Barry R. Holstein

Published Jun 1, 1998• 85 citations

Abstract

Klein’s paradox is shown to be resolved by a careful consideration of Feynman’s picture of antiparticles as negative energy solutions traveling backward in time. Implications associated with the spin-statistics theorem are pointed out.

DOI: 10.1119/1.18891

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