The recent literature shows a renewed interest, with various independent approaches, in the classical models for spin. Considering the possible interest of those results, at least for the electron case, we purpose in this paper to explore their physical and mathematical meaning, by the natural and powerful language of Clifford algebras (which, incidentally, will allow us to unify those different approaches). In such models, the ordinary electron is in general associated to the mean motion of a point-like “constituent” , whose trajectory is a cylindrical helix. We find, in particular, that the object obeys a new, non-linear Dirac-like equation, such that — when averaging over an internal cycle (which corresponds to linearization) — it transforms into the ordinary Dirac equation (valid, of course, for the electron as a whole).

(1993). Spin and Electron Structure [journal article - articolo]. In PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/125044

Spin and Electron Structure

Salesi, Giovanni
1993-01-01

Abstract

The recent literature shows a renewed interest, with various independent approaches, in the classical models for spin. Considering the possible interest of those results, at least for the electron case, we purpose in this paper to explore their physical and mathematical meaning, by the natural and powerful language of Clifford algebras (which, incidentally, will allow us to unify those different approaches). In such models, the ordinary electron is in general associated to the mean motion of a point-like “constituent” , whose trajectory is a cylindrical helix. We find, in particular, that the object obeys a new, non-linear Dirac-like equation, such that — when averaging over an internal cycle (which corresponds to linearization) — it transforms into the ordinary Dirac equation (valid, of course, for the electron as a whole).
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1993
Pavšič, Matej; Recami, Erasmo; Rodrigues, Waldyr A.; Maccarone, Daniele; Raciti, Fabio; Salesi, Giovanni
(1993). Spin and Electron Structure [journal article - articolo]. In PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/125044
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