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## Abstract The solution of a unitarily transformed Dirac equation for the hydrogenic electron in zero magnetic field is investigated here. The momentum‐space representation is adopted as a natural recourse. The spinor part of the transformed wavefunction in momentum space can be easily prescribed for a central potential. Hence, for the Coulomb potential, a pair of equations is obtained for the radial components in momentum space. It is shown that starting from these radial equations, one can recover the equations previously derived by Rubinowicz, Lévy, and Lombardi for the problem of the Dirac hydrogen atom in momentum space. This establishes equivalence among different approaches based on the momentum representation, including the current treatment. The recovery of the equations due to Rubinowicz permits the exact eigenvalues to be written down and exact expressions to be derived for the radial components of the transformed wavefunction in momentum space. A new approach is adopted to carry out a reduction to the nonrelativistic regime and the nonrelativistic limit. At first the transformed momentum‐space equation for the hydrogen atom is rewritten in terms of the hyperspherical c

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Author

Sambhu N. Datta

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0020-7608)

Published

2003

Language

EN

Field

Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)