Path-integral quantization of electrodynamics in dielectric media

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/31/10/013MaRDI QIDQ4235183zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Klaus Kirsten, D. V. Vassilevich, M. Bordag

Publication date 22 October 2000

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9709084

zbMATH Keywords

Faddeev-Popov path-integral quantizationinhomogeneous dielectric medium

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

Abstract: In the present paper we study the Faddeev-Popov path integral quantization of electrodynamics in an inhomogenious dielectric medium. We quantize all polarizations of the photons and introduce the corresponding ghost fields. Using the heat kernel technique, we express the heat kernel coefficients in terms of the dielectricity $epsilon(x)$ and calculate the ultra violet divergent terms in the effective action. No cancellation between ghosts and "non-physical" degrees of freedom of the photon is observed.

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