Quantum electrodynamics with nonrelativistic sources. IV. Poynting vector, energy densities, and other quadratic operators of the electromagnetic field

1992 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. A. Power ◽  
T. Thirunamachandran
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Quantum Electrodynamics ◽  
Poynting Vector

Energy, Information, and Superluminal Speed in Quantum Electrodynamics

2020 ◽  
pp. 27-33
Author(s):  
Boris A. Veklenko
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Perturbation Theory ◽  
Quantum Electrodynamics ◽  
Excited Atom ◽  
Standard Quantum ◽  
Energy Information

Without using the perturbation theory, the article demonstrates a possibility of superluminal information-carrying signals in standard quantum electrodynamics using the example of scattering of quantum electromagnetic field by an excited atom.

A note on Riesz potential

1951 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 436-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. C. Auluck ◽  
L. S. Kothari
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Recent Work ◽  
Quantum Electrodynamics ◽  
Fourier Expansion ◽  
Riesz Potential ◽  
Arbitrary Parameter ◽  
Electromagnetic Potentials ◽  
Longitudinal Part ◽  
Definition Of

The object of the present paper is to discuss the Fourier expansion of the Riesz potential. For this purpose a new definition of the electromagnetic potentials, depending upon an arbitrary parameter α is given. It is shown that this definition is a generalization of the Wentzel potentials in the α-plane, whereas that given by Fremberg (3) is a generalization of the Maxwell potentials. The analysis is applied to the problem of eliminating, in a straightforward way, the longitudinal part of the potential describing the electromagnetic field. The problem of the quantization of the field, based on its Fourier expansion, will be considered in another paper. The recent work of Tomonaga, Schwinger and Dyson, and the regularization process of Pauli has lifted the theory of quantum electrodynamics to a much higher level of rigour and fruitful applicability. All the same, a further study of Riesz potential seems to us of some interest in this field.

The interaction of molecular multipoles with the electromagnetic field in the canonical formulation of non-covariant quantum electrodynamics

1970 ◽  
Vol 319 (1539) ◽  
pp. 549-563 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Physical Interpretation ◽  
Quantum Electrodynamics ◽  
Unitary Transformation ◽  
Canonical Quantization ◽  
Multipole Moments ◽  
Gauge Invariant ◽  
Covariant Quantum ◽  
Canonical Formulation ◽  
Gauge Conditions

The procedure devised by Dirac for the canonical quantization of systems described by degenerate lagrangians is used to construct the hamiltonian for molecules interacting with the electromagnetic field. The hamiltonian obtained is expressed in terms of the gauge invariant field strengths and the electric and magnetic multipole moments of the molecules. The Coulomb gauge is introduced but other gauge conditions could be used. Finally, a physical interpretation of the unitary transformation that may be used to generate the multipole hamiltonian is given.

scholarly journals QED Response of the Vacuum

Physics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerd Leuchs ◽  
Margaret Hawton ◽  
Luis L. Sánchez-Soto
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Quantum Electrodynamics ◽  
Displacement Vector ◽  
Electric Displacement ◽  
Structure Constant ◽  
Universal Constant ◽  
Field Vector ◽  
Fine Structure Constant ◽  
Source Current ◽  
New Perspective

We present a new perspective on the link between quantum electrodynamics (QED) and Maxwell’s equations. We demonstrate that the interpretation of the electric displacement vector D = ε 0 E , where E is the electric field vector and ε 0 is the permittivity of the vacuum, as vacuum polarization is consistent with QED. A free electromagnetic field polarizes the vacuum, but the polarization and magnetization currents cancel giving zero source current. The speed of light is a universal constant, while the fine structure constant, which couples the electromagnetic field to matter runs, as it should.

CAVITY QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS OF COMPETING ONE AND TWO PHOTON PROCESSES

1996 ◽  
Vol 10 (09) ◽  
pp. 385-391
Author(s):  
AMITABH JOSHI
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Quantum Electrodynamics ◽  
Dynamical Evolution ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics ◽  
Rabi Splitting ◽  
New Model ◽  
Two Photon ◽  
Photon Transition ◽  
Vacuum Rabi Splitting

We consider a new model of cavity quantum electrodynamics consisting of the interaction of a single mode of electromagnetic field with two non-identical two-level atoms undergoing one and two photon transition respectively in an ideal cavity. The exact analytic results for the vacuum Rabi splitting and the dynamical evolution of the model are given.

scholarly journals Symmetries, Conserved Properties, Tensor Representations, and Irreducible Forms in Molecular Quantum Electrodynamics

Symmetry ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 298 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Andrews
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Field ◽  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Quantum Electrodynamics ◽  
Covariant Formulation ◽  
Continuity Equations ◽  
Symmetry Principles ◽  
Tensor Representations ◽  
Linear And Nonlinear ◽  
Fundamental Transformation ◽  
Robust Framework

In the wide realm of applications of quantum electrodynamics, a non-covariant formulation of theory is particularly well suited to describing the interactions of light with molecular matter. The robust framework upon which this formulation is built, fully accounting for the intrinsically quantum nature of both light and the molecular states, enables powerful symmetry principles to be applied. With their origins in the fundamental transformation properties of the electromagnetic field, the application of these principles can readily resolve issues concerning the validity of mechanisms, as well as facilitate the identification of conditions for widely ranging forms of linear and nonlinear optics. Considerations of temporal, structural, and tensorial symmetry offer significant additional advantages in correctly registering chiral forms of interaction. More generally, the implementation of symmetry principles can considerably simplify analysis by reducing the number of independent quantities necessary to relate to experimental results to a minimum. In this account, a variety of such principles are drawn out with reference to applications, including recent advances. Connections are established with parity, duality, angular momentum, continuity equations, conservation laws, chirality, and spectroscopic selection rules. Particular attention is paid to the optical interactions of molecules as they are commonly studied, in fluids and randomly organised media.

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