Timeline for Can QED be formulated in terms of independent vector potential and bivector fields?
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| Jan 7, 2018 at 20:58 | comment | added | Qmechanic♦ | In the traditional counting, (3+1)D E&M has 3 off-shell DOF and 2 on-shell DOF, cf. e.g. this Phys.SE post. | |
| Jan 6, 2018 at 19:01 | comment | added | rossng | So we can vary $A_\mu$ and $E_i$ independently (with their respective equations of motion holding only in the classical limit), but must assert $\delta S/\delta B_i \equiv 0$ in order to get a sensible quantum theory? With gauge fixing that leaves 6 nominal degrees of freedom, but the conjugate momenta for $E_i$ vanish, leaving only 3 dynamical DoFs. Is that correct? Thanks! | |
| Jan 6, 2018 at 17:25 | vote | accept | rossng | ||
| Jan 6, 2018 at 13:20 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 6, 2018 at 13:09 | history | answered | Qmechanic♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |