Effects of Dirac's Negative Energy Sea on Quantum Numbers
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Quantum Physics
Abstract
One route towards understanding both fractional charges and chiral anomalies delves into Dirac's negative energy sea. Usually we think of Dirac's negative energy sea as an unphysical construct, invented to render quantum field theory physically acceptable by hiding the negative energy solutions. I suggest that in fact physical consequences can be drawn from Dirac's construction.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9903255,
title = {Effects of Dirac's Negative Energy Sea on Quantum Numbers},
author = {R. Jackiw},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9903255},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Email correspondence to [email protected] ; 10 pages using Plain.TeX and BoxedEPS macros for 3 PostScript figures. Dirac Prize Lecture delivered at Trieste, Italy, in March 1999