arXiv:quant-ph/0312012

The new wave equations of relativistic and non-relativistic quantum mechanics

Xiang-Yao Wu, Guo, Yiqing, Xin-Guo Yin

Published Dec 1, 2003• 0 citations

Abstract

In this work, we give the wave equations of relativistic and non-relativistic quantum mechanics which are different from the Schrödinger and Klein-Gordon equation, and we also give the new relativistic wave equation of a charged particle in an electromagnetic field

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0312012

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