P T-symmetric quantum electrodynamics

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2005.03.032zbMATH Open1247.81593arXivhep-th/0501180OpenAlexW1991747105MaRDI QIDQ451672FDOQ451672

Authors: Carl M. Bender, Ines Cavero-Pelaez, Kimball A. Milton, K. V. Shajesh 

Publication date: 23 September 2012

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Hamiltonian for quantum electrodynamics becomes non-Hermitian if the unrenormalized electric charge $e$ is taken to be imaginary. However, if one also specifies that the potential $A^{m}u$ in such a theory transforms as a pseudovector rather than a vector, then the Hamiltonian becomes PT symmetric. The resulting non-Hermitian theory of electrodynamics is the analog of a spinless quantum field theory in which a pseudoscalar field $phi$ has a cubic self-interaction of the form $iph{i}^3$. The Hamiltonian for this cubic scalar field theory has a positive spectrum, and it has recently been demonstrated that the time evolution of this theory is unitary. The proof of unitarity requires the construction of a new operator called C, which is then used to define an inner product with respect to which the Hamiltonian is self-adjoint. In this paper the corresponding C operator for non-Hermitian quantum electrodynamics is constructed perturbatively. This construction demonstrates the unitarity of the theory. Non-Hermitian quantum electrodynamics is a particularly interesting quantum field theory model because it is asymptotically free.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0501180

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zbMATH Keywords

Hamiltoniannon-Hermitian quantum electrodynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

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