Photon location in spacetime
Quantum Physics
2015-05-30 v3
Abstract
The NewtonWigner basis of orthonormal localized states is generalized to orthonormal and relativistic biorthonormal bases on an arbitrary hyperplane in spacetime. This covariant formalism is applied to the measurement of photon location using a hypothetical 3D array with pixels throughout space turned on at a fixed time and a timelike 2D photon counting array detector with good time resolution. A moving observer will see these detector arrays as rotated in spacetime but the spacelike and timelike experiments remain distinct.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1109.4567,
title = {Photon location in spacetime},
author = {Margaret Hawton},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.4567},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Equations (18) to (21) and the relevant text deleted due to an error in (20). This is no effect on the conclusions of the paper