Unitary quantization of a scalar charged field and Schwinger effect

DOI10.1007/JHEP04(2020)120zbMATH Open1436.83029arXiv1911.03205MaRDI QIDQ780791FDOQ780791

Authors: Alberto García Martín-Caro, Mercedes Martín-Benito, L. J. Garay 

Publication date: 15 July 2020

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Quantum field theory in curved spacetimes suffers in general from an infinite ambiguity in the choice of Fock representation and associated vacuum. In cosmological backgrounds, the requirement of a unitary implementation of the field dynamics in the physical Hilbert space of the theory is a good criterion to ameliorate such ambiguity. Indeed, this criterion, together with a unitary implementation of the symmetries of the equations of motion, leads to a unique equivalence class of Fock representations. In this work, we apply the procedure developed for fields in cosmological settings to analyze the quantization of a scalar field in the presence of an external electromagnetic classical field in a flat background. We find a natural Fock representation that admits a unitary implementation of the quantum field dynamics. It automatically allows to define a particle number density at all times in the evolution with the correct asymptotic behavior, when the electric field vanishes. Moreover we show the unitary equivalence of all the quantizations that fulfill our criteria. Although we perform the field quantization in a specific gauge, we also show the equivalence between the procedures taken in different gauges.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.03205

Recommendations

• Quantum unitary dynamics of a charged fermionic field and Schwinger effect
• Quantum unitary dynamics in cosmological spacetimes
• Dirac fields in flat FLRW cosmology: uniqueness of the Fock quantization
• A uniqueness criterion for the Fock quantization of scalar fields with time-dependent mass
• On the uniqueness of the Fock quantization of the Dirac field in the closed FRW cosmology

zbMATH Keywords

gauge symmetrynonperturbative effects

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonperturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T16) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47)

Cites Work

• On Gauge Invariance and Vacuum Polarization
• Dynamical view of pair creation in uniform electric and magnetic fields
• Dynamically assisted Schwinger mechanism
• Black hole explosions?
• Local symmetries and constraints
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Quantized Fields and Particle Creation in Expanding Universes. I
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Linear Symmetries of Free Boson Fields
• Quantum unitary dynamics in cosmological spacetimes
• Dirac fields in flat FLRW cosmology: uniqueness of the Fock quantization
• Squeezing Bogoliubov transformations on the infinite mode CCR-algebra

Cited In (5)

• Quantum unitary dynamics of a charged fermionic field and Schwinger effect
• Dirac fields in flat FLRW cosmology: uniqueness of the Fock quantization
• On the uniqueness of the Fock quantization of the Dirac field in the closed FRW cosmology
• States of low energy in the Schwinger effect
• Note on canonical quantization and unitary equivalence in field theory

This page was built for publication: Unitary quantization of a scalar charged field and Schwinger effect

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q780791)