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A geometric structure underlying the interaction Hamiltonian of quantum electrodynamics

General Physics 2022-06-27 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

In this paper, a simple geometric structure is shown, which underlies the interaction Hamiltonian of quantum electrodynamics. Specifically, eight parts of the interaction Hamiltonian, corresponding to eight basic Feynman diagrams, are found derivable from two operators called fundamental interaction operators (FIOs), with the help of a superoperator that describes vacuum fluctuations. And, the two FIOs have the simple geometric meanings of mapping the state space of an electron-positron pair to that of a photon and the reverse.

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@article{arxiv.1706.05253,
  title  = {A geometric structure underlying the interaction Hamiltonian of quantum electrodynamics},
  author = {Wen-ge Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.05253},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

16 pages, no figure, completely rewritten with discussions much simplified

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