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View SchemaWave mechanics without gauge fixing
| Authors | A. M. Stewart |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0505079 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0505079 |
| Journal | Journal of Molecular Structure (Theochem) 626 (2003) 47-51 |
Abstract
By using the multipolar gauge it is shown that the quantum mechanics of an electrically charged particle moving in a prescribed classical electromagnetic field (wave mechanics) may be expressed in a manner that is gauge invariant, except that the only gauge functions that are allowable in a gauge transformation are those that consist of the sum of a function that depends only on the space coordinates and a term that is the product of a constant and the time coordinate. The multipolar gauge specifies the specific set of potentials that are best suited for use in the Schroedinger equation.
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