Talk:Relativistic quantum mechanics/to do

Feel free to edit this list if it becomes more logical.


 * Not done


 * How the EM moments are related to the spin quantum number, anomalous magnetic moments. (What are the possible electric multipoles and magnetic multipoles for a given spin? how does this not fix the relativistic wave equation? what happens if the particles have some orbital angular momentum? what about the hypothetical case of magnetic charge?). Yes, probability interpretations are impossible when interactions occur, but these are one of a number of reasons for difficulties in describing interactions in relativistic wave equations that would be good to explain.
 * Pair production


 * Relativistic Heisenberg picture. Dirac himself did work in this lending credit to Heisenberg's formulation (see this paper in the further reading section).
 * Relativistic many-particle states, Fock spaces.


 * Partially done

Included but need serious expansion:
 * More on the Lamb shift.
 * More on the Thomas precession, spin-orbit interactions, hyperfine interactions between atomic nuclei and electrons.
 * Certainly more on fine structure of hydrogen atoms: application of the KG and Dirac equation to the Hydrogen atom.


 * Other possibilities (not likely, since the main articles should explain the details)


 * More on helicity and chirality in RQM?
 * Mention plane wave solutions to the KG and Dirac equation?
 * Astrophysical applications? (cosmic rays, solar radiation...)