Second quantized scalar QED in homogeneous time-dependent electromagnetic fields

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2014.08.012MaRDI QIDQ527615zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Sang Pyo Kim

Publication date 12 May 2017

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1403.6263

zbMATH Keywords

quantum invariantspair productionsecond quantized scalar fieldtime-dependent electromagnetic fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Abstract: We formulate the second quantization of a charged scalar field in homogeneous, time-dependent electromagnetic fields, in which the Hamiltonian is an infinite system of decoupled, time-dependent oscillators for electric fields, but it is another infinite system of coupled, time-dependent oscillators for magnetic fields. We then employ the quantum invariant method to find various quantum states for the charged field. For time-dependent electric fields, a pair of quantum invariant operators for each oscillator with the given momentum plays the role of the time-dependent annihilation and the creation operators, constructs the exact quantum states, and gives the vacuum persistence amplitude as well as the pair-production rate. We also find the quantum invariants for the coupled oscillators for the charged field in time-dependent magnetic fields and advance a perturbation method when the magnetic fields change adiabatically. Finally, the quantum state and the pair production are discussed when a time-dependent electric field is present in parallel to the magnetic field.

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