Exact quantisation of the relativistic Hopfield model

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2016.09.001MaRDI QIDQ1692595zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors F. Belgiorno, F. Dalla Piazza, M. Doronzo, Sergio L. Cacciatori

Publication date 10 January 2018

Published in Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.08739

zbMATH Keywords

Hopfield modelQEDpolaritonHeisenberg representation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70)

Abstract: We investigate the quantisation in the Heisenberg representation of a relativistically covariant version of the Hopfield model for dielectric media, which entails the interaction of the quantum electromagnetic field with the matter dipole fields. The matter fields are represented by a mesoscopic polarization field. A full quantisation of the model is provided in a covariant gauge, with the aim of maintaining explicit relativistic covariance. Breaking of the Lorentz invariance due to the intrinsic presence in the model of a preferred reference frame is also taken into account. Relativistic covariance forces us to deal with the unphysical (scalar and longitudinal) components of the fields, furthermore it introduces, in a more tricky form, the well-known dipole ghost of standard QED in a covariant gauge. In order to correctly dispose of this contribution, we implement a generalized Lautrup trick. Furthermore, causality and the relation of the model with the Wightman axioms are also discussed.

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