Summary
The Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation for free or interacting photons is obtained in an Eriksenlike form from a (6× 6) real formulation of Maxwell equations.
Riassunto
Da una formulazione reale (6×6) delle equazioni di Maxwell si ottiene, in una forma di tipo Eriksen, la trasformazione di Foldy-Wouthuysen per fotoni liberi o interagenti.
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Beckers, J. The eriksenlike form of the foldy-wouthuysen transformation for the photon. Nuovo Cim 38, 1362–1366 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02750611
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