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Exact two-particle eigenstates in partially reduced QED

Nuclear Theory 2010-11-26 v2

Abstract

We consider a reformulation of QED in which covariant Green functions are used to solve for the electromagnetic field in terms of the fermion fields. It is shown that exact few-fermion eigenstates of the resulting Hamiltonian can be obtained in the canonical equal-time formalism for the case where there are no free photons. These eigenstates lead to two- and three-body Dirac-like equations with electromagnetic interactions. Perturbative and some numerical solutions of the two-body equations are presented for positronium and muonium-like systems, for various strengths of the coupling.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0204006,
  title  = {Exact two-particle eigenstates in partially reduced QED},
  author = {Jurij W. Darewych and Askold Duviryak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0204006},
  year   = {2010}
}

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33 pages, LaTex 2.09, 4 figures in EPS format

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