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Statistical ensemble technique in application to description of the electron. (English) Zbl 1221.81170

Summary: Dynamic systems \(\mathcal S_P\) and \(\mathcal S_D\) described by the Pauli equation and the Dirac equation are investigated as distributed dynamic systems. No quantum principles are used. The system\(\mathcal S_P\) is shown to be a statistical ensemble of non-relativistic stochastic pointlike particles. The electron spin is shown to have a classical analog which is a collective statistical property of the ensemble, not a property of a single electron. The magnetic moment of the electron is a quantum property which has no classical analog. The magnetic moment is parallel to the spin only in the stationary state. In the arbitrary state the magnetic moment is not connected with the spin direction. The dynamic system \(\mathcal S_D\) described by the Dirac equation is shown to be non-relativistic, because after transforming to hydrodynamic variables and eliminating \(\gamma\)-matrices, a constant timelike vector \(f^i\) appears. This vector describes a split of the space-time into space and time.

MSC:

81V10 Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics