Quantum states with space-like energy-momentum
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-10 v2
Abstract
A common assumption in quantum field theory is that the energy-momentum 4-vector of any quantum state must be time-like. It will be proven that this is not the case for a Dirac-Maxwell field. In this case quantum states can be shown to exist whose energy-momentum is space-like.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0412137,
title = {Quantum states with space-like energy-momentum},
author = {Dan Solomon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0412137},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Accepted by the Central European Journal of Physics. Major changes from previous copy