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Negative-norm photon state

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Gauge field Gauge fixing Covariant gauge Feynman gauge Gupta-Bleuler quantization Covariant photon Fock space
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For a temporal photon wave packet ∣f,0⟩=∫d3pf(p)ap0†​∣0⟩/(2π)3, the oscillator commutator gives ⟨f,0∣f,0⟩=−∫d3p∣f(p)∣2/(2π)3<0 when f=0. This is the negative direction of the indefinite Hermitian form, not the divergent normalization of an unsmeared momentum eigenstate. It is excluded by the physical condition in Gupta-Bleuler quantization.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2017 / iii / Paper 301 / 1 / d / Solution
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