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Quantum mechanical formalism of particle beam optics
A general procedure for construction of the formalism of quantum beam optics
for any particle is reviewed. The quantum formalism of spin-1/2 particle beam
optics is presented starting {\em ab initio} with the Dirac equation. As an
example of application the case of normal magnetic quadrupole lens is
discussed. In the classical limit the quantum formalism leads to the well-known
Lie algebraic formalism of classical particle beam optics.Comment: ReVTeX 06 pages, in Proc. of the 18th Advanced ICFA Beam Dynamics
Workshop on Quantum Aspects of Beam Physics (QABP) (15-20 October 2000,
Capri, ITALY) Editor: Pisin Chen (World Scientific, Singapore, 2002)
http://www.pd.infn.it/~khan/ and http://www.imsc.ernet.in/~jagan
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