Skip to main content
Log in

On the quantization of the electromagnetic field

  • Published:
Il Nuovo Cimento A (1965-1970)

Summary

We propose a covariant method of quantization of the electromagnetic field which is based on the standard rules of second quantization and which leads to field operators and state vectors without any reference to indefinite metrics.

Riassunto

Si propone un metodo covariante di quantizzazione del campo elettromagnetico; tale metodo è basato sulle regole standard della seconda quantizzazione e porta ad operatori di campo e vettori di stato senza alcun riferimento a metriche indefinite.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. P. Dirac:The Principles of Quantum Mechanics, Sect.59 (Oxford, 1959), p. 225.

    Google Scholar 

  2. S. Schweber:An Introduction to Relativistic Quantum Field Theory (1960), p. 240.

  3. J. Bjorken andS. Drell:Relativistic Quantum Field, Sect.14 (New York, 1965), p. 68.

    MathSciNet  Google Scholar 

  4. B. Zumino:Journ. Math. Phys.,1, 1 (1960).

    Article  ADS  MathSciNet  Google Scholar 

  5. E. Wigner:Ann. of Math.,40, 1 (1939).

    Article  MathSciNet  Google Scholar 

  6. S. Schweber:An Introduction to Relativistic Quantum Field Theory (1960), p. 333.

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Gallavotti, G. On the quantization of the electromagnetic field. Nuovo Cimento A (1965-1970) 45, 847–858 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02738372

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02738372

Keywords

Navigation