Published May 2004
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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
Additional details
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
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 35057629
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CHIRALITY; GEOMETRY; HELICITY; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PHOTONS; POLARIZED BEAMS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPIN; ZITTERBEWEGUNG
- Descriptors DEC
- ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BEAMS; BOSONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATHEMATICS; MECHANICS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.