Timeline for Is $\phi_n =\left\langle \vec r | n \right\rangle $ the photon wave function?
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| May 28, 2016 at 0:56 | comment | added | E.phy | I would point out that in in Pablos' favor, he is not calling $\langle\hat{E}(z,t)\vert\Psi\rangle$ the wave function but $\langle\hat{q}\vert\Psi\rangle$ which in essence is the dynamical variable $q$ rather than the Electric field itself $E(z,t)$. | |
| May 28, 2016 at 0:51 | comment | added | E.phy | This should be written in every quantum mechanics book, just to say why there is no first quantization description for particles like photons. | |
| Dec 11, 2014 at 23:02 | history | answered | Punk_Physicist | CC BY-SA 3.0 |