Path integral quantization of electrodynamics in dielectric media

Details Path integral quantization of electrodynamics in dielectric media Path integral quantization of electrodynamics in dielectric media

1997-09-11

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9709084v2

J.Phys.A31:2381-2389,1998

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

10 pages, Latex, submitted to J.Phys.A, revised (a misprint in the bibliography)

Scientific paper

10.1088/0305-4470/31/10/013

In the present paper we study the Faddeev-Popov path integral quantization of electrodynamics in an inhomogenious dielectric medium. We quantize all polarizations of the photons and introduce the corresponding ghost fields. Using the heat kernel technique, we express the heat kernel coefficients in terms of the dielectricity $\epsilon (x)$ and calculate the ultra violet divergent terms in the effective action. No cancellation between ghosts and "non-physical" degrees of freedom of the photon is observed.

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