Spectrum of the semi-relativistic Pauli-Fierz model. II (Q2078946)

Summary: We consider the ground state of the semi-relativistic Pauli-Fierz Hamiltonian \[ H = |\boldsymbol{p} - \boldsymbol{A(x)}| + H_{\text{f}} + V\boldsymbol{(x)}. \] Here \(\boldsymbol{A(x)}\) denotes the quantized radiation field with an ultraviolet cutoff function and \(H_{\text{f}}\) the free field Hamiltonian with dispersion relation \(|\boldsymbol{k}|\). The Hamiltonian \(H\) describes the dynamics of a \textit{massless} and semi-relativistic charged particle interacting with the quantized radiation field with an ultraviolet cutoff function. In 2016, the first two authors proved the existence of the ground state \(\Phi_m\) of the massive Hamiltonian \(H_m\) is proven. Here, the massive Hamiltonian \(H_m\) is defined by \(H\) with dispersion relation \(\sqrt{\boldsymbol{k}^2+m^2} (m>0)\). In this paper, the existence of the ground state of \(H\) is proven. To this aim, we estimate a singular and non-local pull-through formula and show the equicontinuity of \(\{a(k)\Phi_m\}_{0<m<m_0}\) with some \(m_0\), where \(a(k)\) denotes the formal kernel of the annihilation operator. Showing the compactness of the set \(\{\Phi_m\}_{0<m<m_0}\), the existence of the ground state of \(H\) is shown. For Part I, see [the first two authors, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 437, No. 1, 330--349 (2016; Zbl 1332.81044)].