The Physical State Space of Quantum Electrodynamics
| Autor: | Detlev Buchholz |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1982 |
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MASSIVE [CHARGED PARTICLE]
Electromagnetic field QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS SUM RULE: SUPERSELECTION RULE FIELD THEORY: VACUUM STATE Electric charge CHARGED PARTICLE [MASSIVE] SUPERSELECTION RULE [SUM RULE] CHARGED PARTICLE: MASSIVE C* [ALGEBRA] VACUUM STATE [FIELD THEORY] 81E05 FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS: linear space 81L05 Classical electromagnetism ddc:530 Gauge theory State space (physics) Mathematical Physics Physics Superselection MASSIVE: CHARGED PARTICLE INFRARED PROBLEM [FIELD THEORY] Cavity quantum electrodynamics Statistical and Nonlinear Physics NONLOCAL [FIELD THEORY] linear space [FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS] Classical mechanics ALGEBRA: C Quantum electrodynamics AXIOMATIC FIELD THEORY FIELD THEORY: NONLOCAL Stochastic electrodynamics FIELD THEORY: INFRARED PROBLEM 46L60 |
| Zdroj: | Comm. Math. Phys. 85, no. 1 (1982), 49-71 |
| DOI: | 10.3204/pubdb-2017-13190 |
| Popis: | 22 pp. (1982). Starting from the fact that electrically charged particles are massive, we derive a criterion which characterizes the state space of quantum electrodynamics. This criterion clarifies the special role of the electric charge amongst the uncountably many superselection rules in quantum electrodynamics and provides a basis for a general analysis of the infrared problem. Within this framework we establish the existence of asymptotic electromagnetic fields in all charge-sectors, find a general characterization of infra-particles and introduce a notion of asymptotic completeness. |
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