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Quantum Electrodynamics based on a Superselection Rule

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

This paper analyzes, for a multi-particle system of spin-1/2 particles, the consequences of replacing the Poincare group as fundamental symmetry group by the de Sitter group SO(3,2). The flat-space approximation of the de Sitter group by the Poincare group defines a superselection rule, which correlates spin and momentum of particles. This correlation can be formulated as an interaction between two particles, which exhibits properties of the electromagnetic interaction.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0508152,
  title  = {Quantum Electrodynamics based on a Superselection Rule},
  author = {Walter Smilga},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0508152},
  year   = {2007}
}

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5 pages