NEW TREATMENT OF THE NONCOMMUTATIVE DIRAC EQUATION WITH A COULOMB POTENTIAL

Using the approach of the modified Euler-Lagrange field equation together with the corresponding Seiberg-Witten maps of the dynamical fields, a noncommutative Dirac equation with a Coulomb potential is derived. We then find the noncommutative modification to the energy levels and the possible new transitions. In the nonrelativistic limit a general form of the Hamiltonian of the hydrogen atom is obtained, and we show that the noncommutativity plays the role of spin and magnetic field which gives the hyperfine structure.