Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2004-02-23
Phys.Rev. D71 (2005) 113012
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
15 pages, 2 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.71.113012
Long-range properties of the two-point correlation function of the electromagnetic field produced by an elementary particle are investigated. Using the Schwinger-Keldysh formalism it is shown that this function is finite in the coincidence limit outside the region of particle localization. In this limit, the leading term in the long-range expansion of the correlation function is calculated explicitly, and its gauge independence is proved. The leading contribution turns out to be of zero order in the Planck constant, and the relative value of the root mean square fluctuation of the Coulomb potential is found to be 1/\sqrt{2}, confirming the result obtained previously within the S-matrix approach. It is shown also that in the case of a macroscopic body, the \hbar^0 part of the correlation function is suppressed by a factor 1/N, where N is the number of particles in the body. Relation of the obtained results to the problem of measurability of the electromagnetic field is mentioned.
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