Journal of Korean Physical Society
Volume 41, Issue 1, 164-166
July 2002
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Stochastic Processes and the Dirac Equation with External Fields

Jae-weon Leea, Eok-Kyun Leea, Hae-Myoung Kwonb, In-gyu Kohb, and Yeong Deok Hanc

a Department of Chemistry, School of Molecular Science (BK 21), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejon 305-701
b Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejon 305-701
c Department of Physics, Woosuk University, Wanju, Cheonbuk 565-800

The equation describing the stochastic motion of a classical particle in 1+1-dimensional space-time is connected to the Dirac equation with external gauge fields. The effects of assigning different turning probabilities to the forward and the backward moving particles in time are discussed.