Electromagnetic gauge field interpolation between the instant form and the front form of the Hamiltonian dynamics
- Phys.Rev.D 91 (2015) 6, 065020
- Published: Mar 17, 2015
- 1412.2726 [hep-th]
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We present the electromagnetic gauge field interpolation between the instant form and the front form of the relativistic Hamiltonian dynamics and extend our interpolation of the scattering amplitude presented in the simple scalar field theory to the case of the electromagnetic gauge field theory with the scalar fermion fields known as the scalar quantum electrodynamics (sQED) theory. We find that the Coulomb gauge in the instant form dynamics and the light-front gauge in the front form dynamics, or the light-front dynamics (LFD), are naturally linked by the unified general physical gauge that interpolates between these two forms of dynamics and derive the spin-1 polarization vector for the photon that can be generally applicable for any interpolation angle. The corresponding photon propagator for an arbitrary interpolation angle is found and examined in terms of the gauge field polarization and the interpolating time ordering. Using these results, we calculate the lowest-order scattering processes for an arbitrary interpolation angle in sQED. We provide an example of breaking the reflection symmetry under the longitudinal boost,
- 22 pages, 5 figures
- 11.30.Cp
- 11.55.Bq
- 11.80.Cr
- field theory: scalar
- symmetry: reflection
- polarization: vector
- momentum: infinite
- photon: propagator
- scattering amplitude
- gauge field theory
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