Bound States in QED from a light-front approach

Authors

  • Xingbo Zhao Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Kaiyu Fu
  • James P. Vary

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31349/SuplRevMexFis.3.0308105

Keywords:

boundstates, QED, positronium, nonperturbativerenormalization, BLFQ

Abstract

We calculate the binding energy and structure of the positronium system in a light-front nonperturbative approach. The input interaction is from Quantum Electrodynamics first principles and one dynamical photon is explicitly included in the basis. We obtain the low-lying mass spectrum, which is found to be consistent with that from nonrelativistic quantum mechanics. Various excitation modes of the low-lying states can be identified from the associated wave functions. The photon distribution in the longitudinal direction is calculated for the low-lying positronium states.

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2022-06-02

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Zhao X, Fu K, Vary JP. Bound States in QED from a light-front approach . Supl. Rev. Mex. Fis. [Internet]. 2022 Jun. 2 [cited 2024 Dec. 9];3(3):0308105 1-5. Available from: https://rmf.smf.mx/ojs/index.php/rmf-s/article/view/6272