Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
2006-02-27
J.Phys.B.At.Mol.Opt.Phys.39:S695-S709,2006
Physics
Quantum Physics
Submitted to Journal of Physics B: 16 pages: 1 figure
Scientific paper
10.1088/0953-4075/39/15/S16
Non locality appearing in QFT during the free evolution of localized field states and in the Feynman propagator function is analyzed. It is shown to be connected to the initial non local properties present at the level of quantum states and then it does not imply a violation of Einstein's causality. Then it is investigated a simple QFT system with interaction, consisting of a classical source coupled linearly to a quantum scalar field, that is exactly solved. The expression for the time evolution of the state describing the system is given. The expectation value of any arbitrary ``good'' local observable, expressed as a function of the field operator and its space and time derivatives, is obtained explicitly at all order in the field-matter coupling constant. These expectation values have a source dependent part that is shown to be always causally retarded, while the non local contributions are source independent and related to the non local properties of zero point vacuum fluctuations.
Buscemi Fabrizio
Compagno Giuseppe
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