Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-25-1996
Publication Title
Neutrino Mass, Dark Matter, Gravitational Waves, Monopole Condensation, and Light Cone Quantization
Publisher
Plenum Press
Keywords
Vacuum, Light-Cone Field Theory, Light-Cone Quantization, Hamiltonians, Hilbert Space
Abstract
This is an overview of the problem of the vacuum in light-cone field theory, stressing its close connection to other puzzles regarding light-cone quantization. I explain the sense in which the light-cone vacuum is ``trivial,'' and describe a way of setting up a quantum field theory on null planes so that it is equivalent to the usual equal-time formulation. This construction is quite helpful in resolving the puzzling aspects of the light-cone formalism. It furthermore allows the extraction of effective Hamiltonians that incorporate vacuum physics, but that act in a Hilbert space in which the vacuum state is simple. The discussion is fairly informal, and focuses mainly on the conceptual issues.
First Page
223
Last Page
240
Repository Citation
Robertson, David G., "The Vacuum in Light Cone Field Theory" (1996). Physics Faculty Scholarship. 2.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/phys_fac/2
Original Citation
Neutrino mass, dark matter, gravitational waves, monopole condensation, and light cone quantization. Proceedings, International Conference, Orbis Scientiae 1996, Miami Beach, USA, January 25-28, 1996 - Kursunoglu, B.N. et al. New York, USA: Plenum (1996) 396 p
Version
Publisher's Version
Peer Reviewed
1