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Negative Energies and the Electron Spin: Combining the Theory of Relativity to Produce a New Quantum Theory

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The Copenhagen interpretation and the Schrödinger equation left many questions unanswered. There was the problem of interpreting the nature of quantum particles (wave or particle?), the conflict between Einstein and Bohr about the collapse of the wave function during the measurement process , and so much more.

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    From Dirac’s paper The Quantum Theory of the Electron, Proceedings of the Royal Society (1 February 1928).

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Jaeger, L. (2018). Negative Energies and the Electron Spin: Combining the Theory of Relativity to Produce a New Quantum Theory. In: The Second Quantum Revolution. Copernicus, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98824-5_10

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