Covariant phase-space representation for localized light waves
- 1 August 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 36 (3) , 1293-1297
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.36.1293
Abstract
It is suggested that the light-cone coordinate system is the natural language for the Lorentz-covariant phase-space representation of quantum mechanics. The localized light wave is discussed as an illustrative example. It is shown that the unitary transformation of a localized light wave from one Lorentz frame to another can be achieved through its covariant phase-space representation.Keywords
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