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A Majorana-Oppenheimer formulation of quantum electrodynamics

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It is shown that, according to suggestions by Majorana and Oppenheimer, it is possible to formulate quantum electrodynamics in terms of the same formalism in a Dirac’s electron theory, thus giving a more direct physical interpretation to the quantum field which describes the photon.

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Giannetto, E. A Majorana-Oppenheimer formulation of quantum electrodynamics. Lett. Nuovo Cimento 44, 140–144 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02746912

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