Momentum picture of motion in Lagrangian quantum field theory

Nov, 2003
19 pages
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Abstract:
The basic aspects of the momentum picture of motion in Lagrangian quantum field theory are given. Under some assumptions, this picture is a 4-dimensional analogue of the Schrodinger picture: in it the field operators are constant, spacetime-independent, while the state vectors have a simple, exponential, spacetime-dependence. The role of these assumptions is analyzed. The Euler-Lagrange equations in momentum picture are derived and attention is paid on the conserved operators in it.
  • Lagrangian formalism
  • field theory: transformation
  • Hamiltonian formalism
  • operator: algebra
  • algebra: Heisenberg