Abstract
A simple way to transform a two-body equal mass Dirac equation to a one-body Kemmer-Duffin-Petiau equation is shown. The procedure permits the reduction of higher-order kinetic and potential terms in the Dirac equation. The wave function of the relative coordinate splits naturally to a pseudoscalar meson trajectory tower of states of dimension five and a vector meson trajectory of dimension ten. The scheme is applied to the Salpeter equation with arbitrary local interactions and compared to the existing reduction procedures.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 25-27 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - 1988 |