On the quantal nature of the Coulomb field

Andrzej Staruszkiewicz

Banach Center Publications (1997)

  • Volume: 41, Issue: 2, page 257-262
  • ISSN: 0137-6934

Abstract

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It is shown that the total electric charge, as determined from the Gauss law, is a quantum object. The argument is based on elementary considerations concerning the number of photons, which should be large in a classical situation.

How to cite

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Staruszkiewicz, Andrzej. "On the quantal nature of the Coulomb field." Banach Center Publications 41.2 (1997): 257-262. <http://eudml.org/doc/252238>.

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References

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  1. [1] R.P. Feynman, QED, Princeton University Press, 1985. 
  2. [2] René Descartes, Regulae Ad Directionem Ingenii, I quote from the Polish translation, published by PWN, Warsaw 1958, page 9. 
  3. [3] W.B. Berestetsky, E.M. Lifshitz, and L.P. Pitaevsky, Relativistic Quantum Theory, Moscow 1968, in Russian. 
  4. [4] M. Alexander and P.G. Bergmann, Foundations of Physics 14, 925 (1984). 
  5. [5] A. Staruszkiewicz, an essay in honour of Yakir Aharonov, published in Quantum Coherence and Reality, ed. by J.S. Anandan and J.L. Safko, World Scientific, Singapore 1994, page 90. 
  6. [6] A. Staruszkiewicz, Ann. Phys. (N.Y.) 190, 354 (1989). 

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