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Light-Cone Quantization of the Schwinger Model

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

We consider constructing a canonical quantum theory of the light-cone gauge (AA_-=0) Schwinger model in the light-cone representation. Quantization conditions are obtained by requiring that translational generators P+P_+ and PP_- give rise to Heisenberg equations which, in a physical subspace, are consistant with the field equations. A consistent operator solution with residual gauge degrees of freedom is obtained by solving initial value problems on the light-cones. The construction allows a parton picture although we have a physical vacuum with nontrivial degeneracies in the theory.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9903017,
  title  = {Light-Cone Quantization of the Schwinger Model},
  author = {Yuji Nakawaki and Gary McCartor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9903017},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

19 pages, two ps figures, uses ptptex.sty and psfig

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