V. Georgescu, M. Mantoiu On the Spectral Theory of Dirac Type Hamiltonians (616K, Postscript) ABSTRACT. We introduce a class of matrix valued pseudo-differential operators that admit scalar locally conjugate operators (in the sense of E. Mourre) and we give a general method for studying singular perturbations of such operators. In particular, we develop the spectral and scattering theory for a class of hamiltonians which contains the Dirac operators with arbitrary Coulomb singularities.