THE PAULI EXCLUSION PRINCIPLE FROM A SELF-CONSISTENT FIELD-THEORY OF QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
The derivation of a property of the nonlinear field equations of a theory of quantum electrodynamics, which indicates all of the physical consequences of the Pauli exclusion principle for a two-particle system, is extended to the case where there are any number of like (spin onehalf) particles in the system. The result follows exactly from a nonlinear and purely field- theoretical approach to the description of the n-particle system, that is based on the two fundamental postulates that require: invariance under the transformations of the proper, inhomogeneous, Lorentz group; and that the interaction between particles rather than the free-particle fields be taken as the elementary entity. The result obtained is extended to the nonrelativistic limit of noninteracting particles where the interaction field of the theory is shown to reduce to the antisymmetrized wave function for the n-particle system of the Schrodinger theory. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Boston Univ.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- NSA Number:
- NSA-17-020702
- OSTI ID:
- 4715866
- Journal Information:
- Nuovo Cimento (Italy) Divided into Nuovo Cimento A and Nuovo Cimento B, Vol. Vol: (10), 27; Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-63
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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