Advanced Quantum Mechanics Schwabl · Problem 14.3

Interacting Fields, Quantum Electrodynamics

Physics — Quantum Mechanics · angular-momentum-tensor-electromagnetic-field

Problem

Using the results of Noether's theorem, deduce the form of the angular momentum tensor of the electromagnetic field starting from the Lagrangian density L=−14FμνFμν.\mathcal{L} = -\frac{1}{4}F^{\mu\nu}F_{\mu\nu}. (a) Write down the orbital angular momentum density. (b) Give the spin density. (c) Explain the fact that, although S=1S=1, only the values ±1\pm 1 occur for the projection of the spin onto the direction k\mathbf{k}.

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