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A review of the quantization of the free electromagnetic field from the point of view of C*-algebras is presented. It is shown how a unified approach to quantization according to the radiation gauge, the Gupta-Bleuler indefinite metric, the Fermi supplementary condition and Dirac’s method of constraints can be obtained.
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Hurst, C.A. (1986). Quantum Theory of the Free Electromagnetic Field. In: Gruber, B., Lenczewski, R. (eds) Symmetries in Science II. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1472-2_19
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