A relativistic electron interacting with electromagnetic waves

Abstract

A relativistic electron, in an electromagnetic wave is studied. The relativistic energy-momentum relation is taken into consideration for the derivation of a wave equation for spin-1/2 particle. The electromagnetic wave is represented by the electric scalar and magnetic vector potentials. Thus the spin information of the electron is integrated into the relativistic differential equation. A relativistic quantum wave equation is derived by using the derivatives with respect to time and spatial coordinates with respect to the kinetic energy and momentum of the electron. It is shown that the obtained relativistic equation directly reduces to the Pauli equation in the non-relativistic limit.