Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1994-11-29
Annals Phys. 242 (1995) 275-291
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
21 pages, typeset in REVTEX, figures not included
Scientific paper
The Maxwell-Chern-Simons theory is canonically quantized in the Coulomb gauge by using the Dirac bracket quantization procedure. The determination of the Coulomb gauge polarization vector turns out to be intrincate. A set of quantum Poincar\'e densities obeying the Dirac-Schwinger algebra, and, therefore, free of anomalies, is constructed. The peculiar analytical structure of the polarization vector is shown to be at the root for the existence of spin of the massive gauge quanta.The Coulomb gauge Feynman rules are used to compute the M\"oller scattering amplitude in the lowest order of perturbation theory. The result coincides with that obtained by using covariant Feynman rules. This proof of equivalence is, afterwards, extended to all orders of perturbation theory. The so called infrared safe photon propagator emerges as an effective propagator which allows for replacing all the terms in the interaction Hamiltonian of the Coulomb gauge by the standard field-current minimal interaction Hamiltonian.
da Silva Adilson Jose
Devecchi Fernando P.
Fleck Marcus
Girotti H. O.
Gomes Marcelo
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