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Is There a Preferred Canonical Quantum Gauge?

  • Y. Aharonov and J. Anandan

Abstract

The interaction between a long solenoid and a quantized charged particle in the field free region outside it is studied treating both systems quantum mechanically. This leads to a paradox which suggests that when the electromagnetic field is quantized, there may be a preferred quantum gauge for the vector potential. This paradox is resolved by canonically quantizing the system in a different gauge in which the classical Lagrangian contains an acceleration dependent term.

Published Online: 2014-6-2
Published in Print: 1997-2-1

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