Hamiltonian formulation of exactly solvable models and their physical vacuum states

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2013.05.045zbMATH Open1331.81279arXiv1111.6344OpenAlexW2054652653MaRDI QIDQ5963834FDOQ5963834

Pierre Grangé, L'ubomír Martinovič

Publication date: 23 February 2016

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

Abstract: We clarify a few conceptual problems of quantum field theory on the level of exactly solvable models with fermions. The ultimate goal of our study is to gain a deeper understanding of differences between the usual ("spacelike") and light-front forms of relativistic dynamics. We show that by incorporating solutions of the operator field equations to the canonical formalism the spacelike and light front Hamiltonians of the derivative-coupling model acquire an equivalent structure. The same is true for the massive solvable theory, the Federbush model. In the conventional approach, the physical predictions in the two schemes disagree. Moreover, the derivative-coupling model is found to be almost identical to a free theory, in contrast to the conventional canonical treatment. Physical vacuum state of the Thirring model is then obtained by a Bogoliubov transformation as a coherent state quadratic in composite boson operators. To perform the same task in the Federbush model, we derive a massive version of Klaiber's bosonization and show that its light-front form is much simpler.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1111.6344

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General quantum mechanics and problems of quantization (81S99) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70) Special quantum systems, such as solvable systems (81Q80)

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• A consistent Hamiltonian treatment of the Thirring-Wess and Schwinger model in the covariant gauge
• Two-dimensional massless light-front fields and conformal field theory

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