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The light-front quantization of gauge theories in light-cone gauge provides a frame-independent wavefunction representation of relativistic bound states, simple forms for current matrix elements, explicit unitary, and a trivial vacuum. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 Stanley J. Brodsky

Light-front quantization has important advantages for describing relativistic statistical systems, particularly systems for which boost invariance is essential, such as the fireball created in a heavy ion collisions. In this paper we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-11 J. Raufeisen , S. J. Brodsky

I survey recent developments in hadron physics which follow from the application of superconformal quantum mechanics and light-front holography. This includes new insights into the physics of color confinement, chiral symmetry, the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-12-07 Stanley J. Brodsky

We present a quantum algorithm for simulation of quantum field theory in the light-front formulation and demonstrate how existing quantum devices can be used to study the structure of bound states in relativistic nuclear physics.…

The light-front representation of quantum chromodynamics provides a frame-independent, quantum-mechanical representation of hadrons at the amplitude level, capable of encoding their multi-quark, hidden-color and gluon momentum, helicity,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-09-11 Stanley J. Brodsky

Symmetries are playing a very prominent role in natural sciences. In mathematics as the language of physics, symmetries are treated within the framework of group theory, which provides the tools to classify natural laws and physical objects…

Popular Physics · Physics 2014-07-03 Andreas Aste

Relativistic quantum information combines the informational approach to understanding and using quantum mechanics systems - quantum information - with the relativistic view of the universe. In this introductory review we examine key results…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Timothy C. Ralph , Tony G. Downes

Hamiltonian light-front quantum field theory constitutes a framework for the non-perturbative solution of invariant masses and correlated parton amplitudes of self-bound systems. By choosing light-front gauge and adopting a basis function…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-09-29 J. P. Vary , H. Honkanen , Jun Li , P. Maris , S. J. Brodsky , P. Sternberg , E. G. Ng , C. Yang

A general formulation of classical relativistic particle mechanics is presented, with an emphasis on the fact that superluminal velocities and nonlocal interactions are compatible with relativity. Then a manifestly relativistic-covariant…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-11-19 H. Nikolic

The relationship between the perturbation theory in light-front coordinates and Lorentz-covariant perturbation theory is investigated. A method for finding the difference between separate terms of the corresponding series without their…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 S. A. Paston , V. A. Franke

Quantum annealing leverages the properties of interacting quantum spin systems to solve computational problems, typically optimisation problems. Current hardware now has capabilities that can be used to solve condensed matter physics…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-09 Viv Kendon , Nicholas Chancellor

The purpose of this short note is to collect a set of formulas pertaining to momentum kinematics for higher spin light-front vertices. At least one of the formulas seems to be previously unknown.

General Physics · Physics 2016-04-08 Anders K. H. Bengtsson

The purpose of this paper is to sketch an approach towards a reconciliation of quantum theory with relativity theory. It will actually be argued that these two theories ultimately rely on one another. A general operator-algebraic framework…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-14 Juerg Froehlich

We present some informal remarks on aspects of relativistic quantum computing.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Pakvasa , W. Simmons , X. Tata

We investigate thermodynamical properties of quantum electrodynamics in 1+1 dimensions. Discrete light cone quantization is used to compute the partition function of the canonical ensemble and the thermodynamical potential. The potential is…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-02-19 S. Strauss , M. Beyer

Modern theories of fundamental interactions describe strong, electromagnetic and weak interactions as quantum field theories with certain kinds of embedded internal symmetries called `gauge symmetries'. This article introduces quantum field…

Popular Physics · Physics 2009-07-17 Palash B. Pal

The apparent impossibility of extending non-relativistic quantum mechanics to a relativistic quantum theory is shown to be due to the insufficient structural richness of the field of complex numbers over which quantum mechanics is built. A…

General Physics · Physics 2012-04-17 Emile Grgin

In recent years, various quantum inequalities have been established on quantum symmetries in the framework of quantum Fourier analysis. We provide a detailed introduction to quantum inequalities including Hausdorff-Young inequality, Young's…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2025-05-08 Linzhe Huang

Invited contribution to the Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics (2nd edition), providing an overview over some main ideas and results in quantum cosmology. Key points: Canonical quantisation of homogeneous, isotropic cosmology; discussion…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-02-28 Steffen Gielen

Light-Front quantization is one of the most promising and physical tools towards studying deep inelastic scattering on the basis of quark gluon degrees of freedom. The simplified vacuum structure (nontrivial vacuum effects can only appear…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Burkardt