Critique of Feynman Propagator, the $\E \cdot x$ gauge
Abstract
Consider M\o{}ller scattering. Electrons with momentum and scatter by exchange of photon say in direction to and . The scattering amplitude is well known, given as Feynman propagator , where is the volume of the scattering electrons, elementary charge and permitivity of vacuum. But this is not completely correct. Since we exchange photon momentum in direction, we have two photon polarization and hence the true scattering amplitude should be But when electrons are non-relativistic, . This is disturbing, how will we ever get the coulomb potential, where . Where is the problem ? The problem is with the gauge in Dirac equation. For a plane wave along direction, with electric field , the Lorentz gauge is . But this gauge is not suited for calculating optical transitions, because we don't recover the Rabi frequency ( electric dipole moment). What we find is something orders of magnitude smaller. Nor is it suitable for calculating electron electron scattering because we don't recover Coulomb potential. What we find is something orders of magnitude smaller. Instead, we work with gauge ( light velocity) to find everything correct. What we get is new propagator.
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@article{arxiv.1801.08393,
title = {Critique of Feynman Propagator, the $\E \cdot x$ gauge},
author = {Navin Khaneja},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.08393},
year = {2023}
}
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