# The zitterbewegung interpretation of quantum mechanics

@article{Hestenes1990TheZI,
title={The zitterbewegung interpretation of quantum mechanics},
author={David Hestenes},
journal={Foundations of Physics},
year={1990},
volume={20},
pages={1213-1232}
}
• D. Hestenes
• Published 1 October 1990
• Physics
• Foundations of Physics
Thezitterbewegung is a local circulatory motion of the electron presumed to be the basis of the electron spin and magnetic moment. A reformulation of the Dirac theory shows that thezitterbewegung need not be attributed to interference between positive and negative energy states as originally proposed by Schroedinger. Rather, it provides a physical interpretation for the complex phase factor in the Dirac wave function generally. Moreover, it extends to a coherent physical interpretation of the…
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