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Bound States in Galilean-Invariant Quantum Field Theory

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-02-03 v2 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We consider the nonrelativistic quantum mechanics of a model of two spinless fermions interacting via a two-body potential. We introduce quantum fields associated with the two particles as well as the expansion of these fields in asymptotic ``in'' and ``out'' fields, including such fields for bound states, in principle. We limit our explicit discussion to a two-body bound state. In this context we discuss the implications of the Galilean invariance of the model and, in particular, show how to include bound states in a strictly Galilean-invariant quantum field theory.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9412211,
  title  = {Bound States in Galilean-Invariant Quantum Field Theory},
  author = {S. R. Corley and O. W. Greenberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9412211},
  year   = {2008}
}

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17 pages, latex. Title, emphasis, and notation changed