A Derivation of the Quantized Electromagnetic Field Using Complex Dirac Delta Functions
2014
It is shown a complex functiondefined to be the product of a real Gaussian function and a complex Dirac delta function satisfies the Cauchy-Riemann equations. It is also shown these harmonic �-functions can be included in the solution of the classical electromagnetic field equa- tions to generate the quantum field as a many-particle solution such that the �-functions represent the particle states. Creation and destruction operators are defined as usual to add or subtract photons from the parti- cle states. The orbital angular momentum of the �-states is interpreted as spin since it emerges from a point source that must be circularly polarized as a requirement of the gauge condition.
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