IS THERE A PREFERRED CANONICAL QUANTUM GAUGE

被引:12
作者
AHARONOV, Y
ANANDAN, J
机构
[1] TEL AVIV UNIV,DEPT PHYS,IL-69978 TEL AVIV,ISRAEL
[2] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,BERKELEY,CA 94720
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/0375-9601(91)91054-H
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The interaction between a long solenoid and a charged particle in the field free region outside it is studied treating both systems quantum mechanically. This leads to a paradox which suggests that when the electromagnetic field is quantized. there may be a preferred quantum gauge for the vector potential. This paradox is resolved by canonically quantizing the system in a different gauge in which the classical Lagrangian or Hamiltonian contains an acceleration dependent term.
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页码:493 / 497
页数:5
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