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Manifest Gauge Invariance in Nonrelativistic Quantum Mechanics with Classical Electromagnetic Fields

Donald H. Kobe

Published Jan 1, 1984• 0 citations
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The case of a single charged particle with potential energy is considered when the classical electromagnetic field is zero. The vector and scalar potentials describing this situation are not necessarily zero. When the conventional approach to radiation problems using the interaction A⋅p plus p⋅A plus A2 plus A0 (constants omitted) is used, time-dependent probabilities are predicted if the vector potential A=−∇Λ≠0 even though the electromagnetic field is zero. The reason for this unphysical behavior is that eigenfunctions of the unperturbed Hamiltonian, which is not gauge invariant, are used to calculate the probability amplitudes. When a manifestly gauge-invariant procedure is applied to this case the probabilities are constant in all gauges. The reason that physical results are obtained is that eigenstates of the energy operator are used to calculate the probability amplitudes.
For pt.I see ibid., vol.15, p.1201 (1982). The author formulates a manifestly gauge-invariant time-dependent perturbation theory for a nonrelativistic spinless charged particle interacting with a classical external electromagnetic radiation field. The treatment of the degenerate bound states and the states in the continuum is considered. It is found that the gauge-invariant and the conventional perturbative solutions agree on the net transition rates but disagree on the transition amplitudes and transition probabilities. The treatment of a realistic physical system can be obtained by combining the treatment here with that for a nondegenerate system.