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Relativistic effects, spin-orbit coupling and non-collinear ... - WIEN 2k

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<strong>Relativistic</strong> <strong>effects</strong>+Ze1) The mass-velocity correction<strong>Relativistic</strong> increase in the mass of an electron with its velocity (when v e c)2) The Darwin termIt has no classical relativistic analogueDue to small <strong>and</strong> irregular motions of an electron about its mean position (Zitterbewegung*)*AnalysisofErwinSchrödingerofthewavepacketsolutionsoftheDiracequationforrelativisticelectrons in free space:The interference between positive <strong>and</strong> negative energy states produces whatappears to be a fluctuation (at the speed of light) of the position of an electron around the median.

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