Energy Eigenvalues for Charged Particles in a Homogeneous Magnetic Field-An Application of the Foldy-Wouthuysen Transformation
- 15 March 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 7 (6) , 1945-1948
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.7.1945
Abstract
We find that the equation of motion for spin- and spin-1 particles with an anomalous magnetic moment in a homogeneous magnetic field can be diagonalized by applying the Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation. The energy eigenvalues are then easily obtained by observation.
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