TY - JOUR
T1 - Is there a preferred canonical quantum gauge?
AU - Aharonov, Y.
AU - Anandan, J.
N1 - Funding Information:
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 - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - The interaction between a long solenoid and a quantized 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 contains an acceleration dependent term.
AB - The interaction between a long solenoid and a quantized 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 contains an acceleration dependent term.
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U2 - 10.1515/zna-1997-1-207
DO - 10.1515/zna-1997-1-207
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AN - SCOPUS:0039378250
SN - 0932-0784
VL - 52
SP - 15
EP - 19
JO - Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section A Journal of Physical Sciences
JF - Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section A Journal of Physical Sciences
IS - 1-2
ER -