Zitterbewegung and its significance for the Hawking radiation

TL;DR

This paper explores the connection between Hawking radiation and zitterbewegung, suggesting that if emitted particles are electrons or positrons, Hawking radiation can be interpreted as a ZB process, linking quantum field theory and electron dynamics.

Contribution

It introduces a novel perspective by relating Hawking radiation to zitterbewegung, providing a new interpretation of black hole particle emission.

Findings

Hawking radiation can be viewed as a ZB process for electrons or positrons

The interpretation links quantum field theory with electron ZB dynamics

Provides a new conceptual framework for understanding black hole radiation

Abstract

The Hawking radiation can be viewed from very different perspectives, not all of which can be proved to be rigorously equivalent to one another. On the other hand, an old interest in the zitterbewegung (ZB) of the Dirac electron has recently been rekindled by the investigations on spintronics and graphene, etc. In this letter, we show that, if particles emitted by black holes are electrons or positrons, one can also regard the Hawking radiation as a ZB process.