Published January 1974
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Journal article
Scattering of photons by an external current
Description
Considering the interaction of a quantized electromagnetic field with a prescribed external c-number current, we show that, for each current, there is a representation of the field operators in a separable Hilbert space and a unitary S operator transforming the free incoming field into the free outgoing one. The representation, a generalized product representation, depends on the current so that, in general, for two different currents the corresponding representations are unitarily inequivalent. Photon states and asymptotic observables are defined for the case of an infrared divergent current.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.1666497;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Journal Volume
- 15
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- J. Math. Phys. (N.Y.).
- Journal Page Range
- 31-34
- ISSN
- 0022-2488
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 5122825
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CURRENT ALGEBRA; INFRARED DIVERGENCES; PHOTONS; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; S MATRIX; SCATTERING
- Descriptors DEC
- ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FIELD THEORIES; MATRICES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
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