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    Supercharge Operator of Hidden Symmetry in the Dirac Equation

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    As is known, the so-called Dirac KK-operator commutes with the Dirac Hamiltonian for arbitrary central potential V(r)V(r). Therefore the spectrum is degenerate with respect to two signs of its eigenvalues. This degeneracy may be described by some operator, which anticommutes with KK. If this operator commutes with the Dirac Hamiltonian at the same time, then it establishes new symmetry, which is Witten's supersymmetry. We construct the general anticommuting with KK operator, which under the requirement of this symmetry unambiguously select the Coulomb potential. In this particular case our operator coincides with that, introduced by Johnson and Lippmann many years ago.Comment: 3 page
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