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Scalar and spinning particles in a plane-wave field

A Barducci and R Giachetti

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We study the quantization problem of relativistic scalar and spinning particles interacting with a radiation electromagnetic field by using the path integral and the external source method. The spin degrees of freedom are described in terms of Grassmann variables and the Feynman kernel is obtained through functional integration on both Bose and Fermi variables. We provide rigorous proof that the Feynman amplitudes are only determined by the classical contribution and we explicitly evaluate the propagators.


PACS

03.65.-w Quantum mechanics

MSC

81S40 Path integrals (See also 58D30)

78A40 Waves and radiation

81V10 Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics

81Q30 Feynman integrals and graphs; applications of algebraic topology and algebraic geometry (See also 14D05, 32S40)

Subjects

Quantum information and quantum mechanics

Dates

Issue 29 (25 July 2003)

Received 14 April 2003, in final form 12 June 2003

Published 8 July 2003



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