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On The Discretized Light Cone Quantization Of Electrodynamics, Alex C. Kalloniatis, David G. Robertson Oct 1994

On The Discretized Light Cone Quantization Of Electrodynamics, Alex C. Kalloniatis, David G. Robertson

Physics Faculty Scholarship

Discretized light-cone quantization of (3+1)-dimensional electrodynamics is discussed, with careful attention paid to the interplay between gauge choice and boundary conditions. In the zero longitudinal momentum sector of the theory a general gauge fixing is performed, and the corresponding relations that determine the zero modes of the gauge field are obtained. One particularly natural gauge choice in the zero mode sector is identified, for which the constraint relations are simplest and the fields may be taken to satisfy the usual canonical commutation relations. The constraints are solved in perturbation theory, and the Poincaré generators Pμ are constructed. The effect of …


Light Front Qcd And The Constituent Quark Model, Kenneth G. Wilson, David G. Robertson Aug 1994

Light Front Qcd And The Constituent Quark Model, Kenneth G. Wilson, David G. Robertson

Physics Faculty Scholarship

A general strategy is described for deriving a constituent approximation to QCD, inspired by the constituent quark model and based on light-front quantization. Some technical aspects of the approach are discussed, including a mechanism for obtaining a confining potential and ways in which spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking can be manifested


Light Cone Quantization Of Electrodynamics, David G. Robertson Aug 1994

Light Cone Quantization Of Electrodynamics, David G. Robertson

Physics Faculty Scholarship

Light-cone quantization of (3+1)-dimensional electrodynamics is discussed, using discretization as an infrared regulator and paying careful attention to the interplay between gauge choice and boundary conditions. In the zero longitudinal momentum sector of the theory a general gauge fixing is performed and the corresponding relations that determine the constrained modes of the gauge field are obtained. The constraints are solved perturbatively and the structure of the theory is studied to lowest nontrivial order.


Light Cone Quantization Of Gauge Fields, Gary Mccartor, David G. Robertson Jun 1994

Light Cone Quantization Of Gauge Fields, Gary Mccartor, David G. Robertson

Physics Faculty Scholarship

Light-cone quantization of gauge field theory is considered. With a careful treatment of the relevant degrees of freedom and where they must be initialized, the results obtained in equal-time quantization are recovered, in particular the Mandelstam-Leibbrandt form of the gauge field propagator. Some aspects of the “discretized” light-cone quantization of gauge fields are discussed.