Non-relativistic bound states: the long way back from the Bethe-Salpeter to the Schrödinger equation

DOI10.1142/9789814277839_0002zbMATH Open1192.81142arXiv0902.3346OpenAlexW3106185629MaRDI QIDQ3567458FDOQ3567458

Authors: Antonio Vairo 

Publication date: 17 June 2010

Published in: Fundamental Interactions (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: I review, in a personal perspective, the history of the theory of non-relativistic bound states in QED and QCD from the Bethe-Salpeter equation to the construction of effective field theories.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0902.3346

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Bethe-Salpeter and other integral equations arising in quantum theory (81Q40)

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• Review of the \(N\)-quantum approach to bound states
• (In-)consistencies in the relativistic description of excited states in the Bethe-Salpeter equation
• Effective Lagrangians in bound state calculations
• Contribution of Gerhard Soff to bound state QED

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