Quantization of second-order Lagrangians: The Fokker-Wheeler-Feynman model of electrodynamics

R. A. Moore and T. C. Scott
Phys. Rev. A 46, 3637 – Published 1 October 1992
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Abstract

The consequences of quantizing the Fokker-Wheeler-Feynman model of electrodynamics, treating the Lagrangian via its acceleration-dependent (1/c) power-series representation, is examined using recently validated methods. An exact treatment of this acceleration dependence yields, under certain circumstances, high-energy resonant modes. In the past, such modes have been assumed unphysical and have been removed by perturbative or order-reduction techniques. However, these modes appear to be of physical significance. This conclusion follows because this completely ab initio calculation, with no adjustable parameters, has a number of successes. It provides a description for resonances observed in the electron-positron emission from heavy-ion collisions, in particular, and in diproton collisions and, possibly, in other collision experiments as well.

  • Received 2 June 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.46.3637

©1992 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

R. A. Moore

  • Guelph-Waterloo Program for Graduate Work in Physics, Waterloo Campus, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1

T. C. Scott

  • Institute for Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

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Vol. 46, Iss. 7 — October 1992

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