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In the preceding chapter we discussed the Klein-Gordon theory for the description of spin-0 particles as well as its interpretation in relation to the quantum mechanical one-particle concept. There, for didactic reasons, we disregarded the chronological order where a sensible one-particle interpretation of the Klein-Gordon theory was not seriously considered until Dirac established a relativistic quantum mechanics for electrons (more generally: spin-1/2 particles).
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Wachter, A. (2010). Relativistic Description of Spin-1/2 Particles. In: Relativistic Quantum Mechanics. Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3645-2_2
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