Massive Quantum Electrodynamics in the Infinite-Momentum Frame
Author(s) -
Davison E. Soper
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
physical review. d. particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/physical review. d. particles and fields
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1089-4918
pISSN - 0556-2821
DOI - 10.1103/physrevd.4.1620
Subject(s) - physics , meson , helicity , quantum electrodynamics , hamiltonian (control theory) , photon , momentum (technical analysis) , amplitude , quantum mechanics , particle physics , mathematical optimization , mathematics , finance , economics
We extend an earlier canonical formulation of quantum electrodynamics in the infinite-momentum frame by replacing the photons by massive vector mesons. The structure of the theory remains nearly the same except that a new term appears in the infinite-momentum Hamiltonian describing the emission of helicity zero vector mesons with an amplitude proportional to the meson mass.
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