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Gauge‐independent quantum dynamics on phase‐space of charged scalar particles
Author(s) -
Varró S.,
Javanainen J.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
fortschritte der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.469
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1521-3978
pISSN - 0015-8208
DOI - 10.1002/prop.200310033
Subject(s) - physics , phase space , mathematical physics , diagonal , vlasov equation , quantum mechanics , quantum electrodynamics , classical mechanics , electron , geometry , mathematics
On the basis of the Hamiltonian form of the Klein‐Gordon equation of a charged scalar particle field introduced by Feshbach and Villars, the gauge‐invariant 2×2 Wigner matrix has been constructed whose diagonal elements describe positive and negative charge densities and the off‐diagonal elements correspond to cross‐densities in phase‐space. The system of coupled transport equations has been derived in case of interaction with an arbitrary external electromagnetic field. A gauge‐independent generalization of the free particle representation due to Feshbach and Villars is given, and on the basis of it both the nonrelativistic and the classical limits of the general relativistic quantum Boltzmann‐Vlasov equation(RQBVE) is discussed. In the non‐relativistic limit ( p / mc →0) the set of equations of motion decouple to two independent quantum transport equations describing the dynamics of oppositely charged positon and negaton densities separately. In the classical limit(ℏ→0) two relativistic Boltzmann‐Vlasov equations result for the diagonal positon and negaton densities. It is obtained that, though in the latter equations the Planck constant ℏ is absent, the real part of the cross‐density does not vanish.