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Review of the N-quantum Approach to Bound States

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-09-14 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We describe a method of solving quantum field theories using operator techniques based on the expansion of interacting fields in terms of asymptotic fields. For bound states, we introduce an asymptotic field for each (stable) bound state. We choose the nonrelativistic hydrogen atom as an example to illustrate the method. Future work will apply this N-quantum approach to relativistic theories that include bound states in motion.

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@article{arxiv.1012.0327,
  title  = {Review of the N-quantum Approach to Bound States},
  author = {O. W. Greenberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.0327},
  year   = {2011}
}

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15 pages, no figures