Canonical quantization of gauge fields in static space-times with applications to Rindler spaces
- Institute for Theoretical Physics III, University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Staudstrasse 7, 91058 Erlangen (Germany)
- Institute of Physics, University of Tokyo, Komaba, Tokyo 153 (Japan)
- College of Arts and Sciences, Tokyo Woman's Christian University, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 167-8585 (Japan) and En'yo Radiation Laboratory, Nishina Accelerator Research Center, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198 (Japan)
The canonical quantization in the Weyl gauge of gauge fields in static space-times is presented. With an appropriate definition of transverse and longitudinal components of gauge fields, the Gauss law constraint is resolved explicitly for scalar and spinor QED and a complete nonperturbative solution is given for the quantized Maxwell field coupled to external currents. The formalism is applied in investigations of the electromagnetic field in Rindler spaces. The relation of creation and annihilation operators in Minkowski and Rindler spaces is established, and initial value problems associated with bremsstrahlung of a uniformly accelerated charge are studied. The peculiar scaling properties of scalar and gauge theories in Rindler spaces are discussed, and various quantities such as the photon condensate or the interaction energy of static charges and of scalar sources are computed.
- OSTI ID:
- 21254180
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 78, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.78.065026; (c) 2008 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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