The Fermi method of quantizing the electromagnetic field as a model for quantum field theory
- 1 August 1977
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Vol. 18 (8) , 1553-1561
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.523461
Abstract
In a previous paper we demonstrated that the Fermi method for quantizing the electromagnetic field had a rigorous C*-algebra version. Here we investigate some properties of our formalism and show (a) that the Fermi method provides an example of spontaneous symmetry breaking in a quantum field theory, (b) that it raises some interesting questions about automorphisms of Weyl systems, and (c) that it provides a prototype for higher-spin zero-mass field theories.Keywords
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