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On the non-relativistic limit of a model in quantum electrodynamics

Mathematical Physics 2009-05-08 v1 math.MP

Abstract

We consider a (semi-)relativistic spin-1/2 particle interacting with quantized radiation. The Hamiltonian has the form H^cV:={c2[(p+A)2+σB]+(mc2)2}1/2mc2+V+Hf\hat{H}_c^V:=\{c^2[(\mathbf{p}+{\bf A})^2+{\bf \sigma}\cdot{\bf B}]+(mc^2)^2\}^{1/2}-mc^2+V+H_f. Assuming that the potential V|V| is bounded with respect to the momentum p|\mathbf{p}|, we show that H^cV\hat{H}_c^V converges in norm-resolvent sense to the usual Pauli-Fierz operator when cc, the speed of light, tends to \infty.

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@article{arxiv.0905.1006,
  title  = {On the non-relativistic limit of a model in quantum electrodynamics},
  author = {Edgardo Stockmeyer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0905.1006},
  year   = {2009}
}

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