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Point-Form Hamiltonian Dynamics and Applications

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This short review summarizes recent developments and results in connection with point-form dynamics of relativistic quantum systems. We discuss a Poincaré invariant multichannel formalism which describes particle production and annihilation via vertex interactions that are derived from field theoretical interaction densities. We sketch how this rather general formalism can be used to derive electromagnetic form factors of confined quark–antiquark systems. As a further application it is explained how the chiral constituent quark model leads to hadronic states that can be considered as bare hadrons dressed by meson loops. Within this approach hadron resonances acquire a finite (non-perturbative) decay width. We will also discuss the point-form dynamics of quantum fields. After recalling basic facts of the free-field case we will address some quantum field theoretical problems for which canonical quantization on a space–time hyperboloid could be advantageous.

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  1. Institut für Physik, FB Theoretische Physik, Universität Graz, 8010, Graz, Austria

    E. P. Biernat & W. Schweiger

  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

    W. H. Klink

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“Relativistic Description of Two- and Three-Body Systems in Nuclear Physics”, ECT*, October 19–23, 2009.

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Biernat, E.P., Klink, W.H. & Schweiger, W. Point-Form Hamiltonian Dynamics and Applications. Few-Body Syst 49, 149–161 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00601-010-0102-z

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