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ID: past-exam-of-the-short-options-paper-shared-by-prelims-and-parts-a-and-b-of-the-physics-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2018/s18/3/d/solution
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Past exam of the short options paper shared by Prelims and Parts A and B of the physics course of the University of Oxford
/
2018
/
S18
/
3
/
d
/
Solution
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2026-10-25
For kinetic and
field
energies
small compared with
m
c
2
, the minimally coupled lower
spinor
is
χ
~
≃
(
σ
⋅
π
)
φ
~
/
(
2
m
c
)
. Inserting it into the upper
equation
and using
[
π
i
,
π
j
]
=
i
(
e
ℏ/
c
)
ε
ijk
B
k
gives the
Pauli equation
i
ℏ
∂
t
φ
~
=
[
2
m
π
2
+
e
Φ
−
2
m
c
e
ℏ
σ
⋅
B
]
φ
~
.
(1)
The
spin
moment
is
e
ℏ/
(
2
m
c
)
multiplying
σ
, or gyromagnetic factor two relative to physical
spin
ℏ
σ
/2
.
For the alternative
equation
, elimination gives
χ
~
≃
2
m
c
2
1
(
c
σ
⋅
p
−
c
iκ
σ
⋅
E
)
φ
~
.
(2)
To leading kinetic order and leading magnetic interaction this yields
i
ℏ
∂
t
φ
~
=
[
2
m
p
2
−
κ
σ
⋅
B
]
φ
~
+
electric-gradient and spin-orbit terms suppressed by
c
−
2
.
(3)
Keeping the source electric
coupling
during the same elimination writes the kinetic part more explicitly
as
2
m
1
(
σ
⋅
p
+
c
2
iκ
σ
⋅
E
)
(
σ
⋅
p
−
c
2
iκ
σ
⋅
E
)
.
(4)
This product includes
derivatives
acting
on the
field
and must not be treated
as
an ordinary
scalar
product of
commuting
variables. The
parameter
κ
is the intrinsic
magnetic-moment
coefficient
: the
moment
operator is
κ
σ
.
As
printed, the alternative
equation
has no minimal charge
coupling
, so it can describe
a
neutral particle
carrying
a
magnetic moment
. If
a
Pauli term
were added to the charged
equation
instead, its
coefficient
would represent an additional, anomalous contribution to the charge-generated
Dirac
moment
.
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