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
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