Physical Fields in QED

Steinmann, Othmar

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Othmar Steinmann⁵

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The connection between the Gupta-Bleuler formulation and the Coulomb gauge formulation of QED is discussed. It is argued that the two formulations are not connected by a gauge transformation. Nor can the state space of the Coulomb gauge be identified with a subspace of the Gupta-Bleuler space. Instead a more indirect connection between the two formulations via a detour through the Wightman reconstruction theorem is proposed.

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Fakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld, D-33501, Bielefeld, Germany
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Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu, Université Paris 7, 175 rue du Chevaleret, 75013, Paris, France
Anne Boutet de Monvel
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Göttingen, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
Detlef Buchholz
Service de Physique Théorique, CEA/Saclay, Orme des Merisiers, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
Daniel Iagolnitzer
Dipartimento di Fisica e Matematica, Università dell’Insubria, Via Valleggio, 11, 22100, Como, Italy
Ugo Moschella

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Dedicated to Jacques Bros, an esteemed colleague and friend

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Steinmann, O. (2007). Physical Fields in QED. In: de Monvel, A.B., Buchholz, D., Iagolnitzer, D., Moschella, U. (eds) Rigorous Quantum Field Theory. Progress in Mathematics, vol 251. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-7434-1_21

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