Published May 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Non-commutative geometry and measurements of polarized two photon coincidence counts

Description

Employing Maxwell's equations as the field theory of the photon, quantum mechanical operators for spin, chirality, helicity, velocity, momentum, energy, and position are derived. The photon 'Zitterbewegung' along helical paths is explored. The resulting non-commutative geometry of photon position and the quantum version of the Pythagorean theorem is discussed. The distance between two photons in a polarized beam of given helicity is shown to have a discrete spectrum. Such a spectrum should become manifest in measurements of two photon coincidence counts. The proposed experiment is briefly described

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.aop.2003.11.007;
arXiv
arXiv:hep-th/0309260v1;
PII
S0003491603002720;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Annals of Physics (New York)
Journal Volume
311
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 191-203
ISSN
0003-4916
CODEN
APNYA6

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Copyright (c) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.