Energy, Information, and Superluminal Speed in Quantum Electrodynamics

2020 ◽  
pp. 27-33
Author(s):  
Boris A. Veklenko

Without using the perturbation theory, the article demonstrates a possibility of superluminal information-carrying signals in standard quantum electrodynamics using the example of scattering of quantum electromagnetic field by an excited atom.

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (12) ◽  
pp. 2601-2616 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. V. FIALKOVSKI ◽  
V. N. MARKOV ◽  
YU. M. PIS'MAK

We study quantum electrodynamics coupled to the matter field on singular background, which we call defect. For defect on the infinite plane we calculated the fermion propagator and mean electromagnetic field. We show that at large distances from the defect plane, the electromagnetic field is constant what is in agreement with the classical results. The quantum corrections determining the field near the plane are calculated in the leading order of perturbation theory.


1967 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 1729-1743 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. L. Burrows

The classical method of solving electromagnetic field problems involving boundary perturbations is reformulated in a way that is both more general and simpler. The new formulation makes it easier to apply the theory to the class of boundaries amenable to the classical formulation, and shows that it can also be applied to other boundary shapes. As an example, the perfectly conducting sphere with surface perturbations has been treated, using the methods appropriate only for boundaries in the classical class and also using those applicable to the larger class. Some experimental results which appear to support the theory are reported.


2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Huabing Cai

AbstractThis paper investigates the stimulated transition process of a uniformly moving atom in interaction with a thermal bath of the quantum electromagnetic field. Using the perturbation theory, the atomic stimulated emission and absorption rates are calculated. The results indicate that the atomic transition rates depend crucially on the atomic velocity, the temperature of the thermal bath, and the atomic polarizability. As these factors change, the atomic stimulated transition processes can be enhanced or weakened at different degrees. In particular, slowly moving atoms in the thermal bath with high temperature ($$T\gg \omega _{0}$$ T ≫ ω 0 ) perceive a smaller effective temperature $$T \big ( 1-\frac{1}{10} v^{2} \big )$$ T ( 1 - 1 10 v 2 ) for the polarizability perpendicular to the atomic velocity or $$T \big ( 1-\frac{3}{10} v^{2} \big )$$ T ( 1 - 3 10 v 2 ) for the polarizability parallel to the atomic velocity. However, ultra-relativistic atoms perceive no influence of the background thermal bath. In turn, in terms of the atomic transition rates, this paper explores and examines the relativity of temperature of the quantum electromagnetic field.


2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (27) ◽  
pp. 1750165 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Bufalo ◽  
B. M. Pimentel ◽  
D. E. Soto

The causal perturbation theory is an axiomatic perturbative theory of the S-matrix. This formalism has as its essence the following axioms: causality, Lorentz invariance and asymptotic conditions. Any other property must be showed via the inductive method order-by-order and, of course, it depends on the particular physical model. In this work we shall study the normalizability of the generalized quantum electrodynamics in the framework of the causal approach. Furthermore, we analyze the implication of the gauge invariance onto the model and obtain the respective Ward–Takahashi–Fradkin identities.


1951 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 436-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. C. Auluck ◽  
L. S. Kothari

The object of the present paper is to discuss the Fourier expansion of the Riesz potential. For this purpose a new definition of the electromagnetic potentials, depending upon an arbitrary parameter α is given. It is shown that this definition is a generalization of the Wentzel potentials in the α-plane, whereas that given by Fremberg (3) is a generalization of the Maxwell potentials. The analysis is applied to the problem of eliminating, in a straightforward way, the longitudinal part of the potential describing the electromagnetic field. The problem of the quantization of the field, based on its Fourier expansion, will be considered in another paper. The recent work of Tomonaga, Schwinger and Dyson, and the regularization process of Pauli has lifted the theory of quantum electrodynamics to a much higher level of rigour and fruitful applicability. All the same, a further study of Riesz potential seems to us of some interest in this field.


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