TY - JOUR
T1 - Is there a preferred canonical quantum gauge?
AU - Aharonov, Y.
AU - Anandan, J.
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In conclusion, the present work shows an interesting connection between the role of the vector po- tential and the canonical commutation relations in quantum theory. This work can be generalized to a non-Abelian gauge field. Here also, a gauge transformation from the Coulomb gauge will in general result in a change in the canonical commutation relations. This will be treated in a future work. It is a pleasure to thank Sidney Coleman and Karel Kuchar for useful discussions. This work was partially supported by NSF grant no. PHY-8807812.
PY - 1991/12/9
Y1 - 1991/12/9
N2 - The interaction between a long solenoid and a charged particle in the field free region outside it is studied treating both systems quantum mechanically. This leads to a paradox which suggests that when the electromagnetic field is quantized, there may be a preferred quantum gauge for the vector potential. This paradox is resolved by canonically quantizing the system in a different gauge in which the classical Lagrangian or Hamiltonian contains an acceleration dependent term.
AB - The interaction between a long solenoid and a charged particle in the field free region outside it is studied treating both systems quantum mechanically. This leads to a paradox which suggests that when the electromagnetic field is quantized, there may be a preferred quantum gauge for the vector potential. This paradox is resolved by canonically quantizing the system in a different gauge in which the classical Lagrangian or Hamiltonian contains an acceleration dependent term.
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U2 - 10.1016/0375-9601(91)91054-H
DO - 10.1016/0375-9601(91)91054-H
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AN - SCOPUS:0008025063
SN - 0375-9601
VL - 160
SP - 493
EP - 497
JO - Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
IS - 6
ER -