Dirac sea for bosons also and SUSY for single particles
- 1. Osaka Univ., Dept. of Physics, Toyonaka, Osaka (Japan)
- 2. Niels Bohr Institute, University Copenhagen, Copenhagen (Denmark)
- 3. Kyoto Univ., Yukawa Inst. for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, Kyoto (Japan)
Description
We consider the long standing problem in field theories of bosons that the boson vacuum does not consist of a 'sea', unlike the fermion vacuum. We show with the help of supersymmetry considerations that the boson vacuum indeed does also consist of a sea in which the negative energy states are all filled', analogous to the Dirac sea of the fermion vacuum, and that a hole produced by the annihilation of one negative energy boson is an anti-particle. This might be formally coped with by introducing the notion of a double harmonic oscillator, which is obtained by extending the condition imposed on the wave function. Next, we present an attempt to formulate the supersymmetric and relativistic quantum mechanics utilizing the equations of motion. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Progress of Theoretical Physics, Supplement
- Journal Issue
- no.164
- Journal Page Range
- p. 68-81
- ISSN
- 0375-9687
Conference
- Title
- International workshop 'frontiers of quantum physics'
- Dates
- 17-19 Feb 2006
- Place
- Kyoto (Japan)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Japan
- Country of Input or Organization
- Japan
- INIS RN
- 38044372
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- BOSONS; DIRAC OPERATORS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FERMIONS; HARMONIC OSCILLATORS; NEGATIVE ENERGY STATES; PAIR PRODUCTION; PAIRING INTERACTIONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SECOND QUANTIZATION; SUPERSYMMETRY; VACUUM STATES; WAVE FUNCTIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ENERGY LEVELS; EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; QUANTIZATION; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SYMMETRY
Optional Information
- Notes
- 8 refs., 2 figs., 1 tab.