Student Friendly Introduction to QFT · Problem 14

Interactions: The Underlying Theory

Physics — QFT · conservation-3-momentum-scalars-noether

Problem

Show that the total (not density) 3-momentum kik^i for free scalars is conserved. Use our knowledge that the conjugate momentum for xix^i is kik_i, the total (not density) 3-momentum (expressed in covariant components), and it is conserved if LL is symmetric (invariant) under the coordinate translation transformation xi→x′ i=xi+αix^i \to x^{\prime\,i} = x^i + \alpha^i, where αi\alpha^i is a constant 3D vector. Then, show the same result via commutation of the three-momentum operator of Chap. 3 (see Wholeness Chart 5-4, pg. 158) with the Hamiltonian. (Solution is posted on book website. See URL on pg. xvi, opposite pg. 1.)

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