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Author Meis, Constantin, author.

Title Light and vacuum : the wave-particle nature of the light and the quantum vacuum through the coupling of electromagnetic theory and quantum electrodynamics / Constantin Meis (National Institute for Nuclear Science & Technology, France).

Publication Info. [Hackensack] New Jersey : World Scientific, [2014]
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Historical survey and experimental evidence -- 3. Basic principles of the electromagnetic wave theory. 3.1. Maxwell's equations. 3.2. Electromagnetic wave propagation. 3.3. Scalar and vector potentials. 3.4. Vector potential and electromagnetic field polarization. 3.5. Guided propagation of electromagnetic waves. 3.6. Conclusion remarks -- 4. From electromagnetic waves to quantum electrodynamics. 4.1. Elements of quantum mechanics. 4.2. Harmonic oscillator in quantum mechanics. 4.3. Quantum electrodynamics (QED) and the photon description. 4.4. Interaction between electromagnetic waves and charged particles, reality of the vector potential. 4.5. Transition rates and vacuum induced spontaneous emission. 4.6. Lamb shift. 4.7. Conclusion remarks -- 5. Theory, experiments and questions. 5.1. Planck's constant and the vacuum intrinsic. 5.2. Hamiltonian issued from the quantization of the electromagnetic field. 5.3. QED singularities. 5.4. Electron-vacuum interactions and the associated effects. 5.5. Simultaneous wave-particle nature of the photon revealed by the experiments -- discussions. 5.6. Conclusion remarks -- 6. Analysis of the electromagnetic field quantization process and the photon vector potential. The non-local photon wave-particle representation and the quantum vacuum. 6.1. Quantized vector potential amplitude of a single photon state. 6.2. Quantum vacuum representation. 6.3. The quantum vacuum field effects. 6.4. Conclusion remarks.
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Subject Wave theory of light.
Wave theory of light.
Vacuum.
Vacuum.
Electromagnetic theory.
Electromagnetic theory.
Quantum electrodynamics.
Quantum electrodynamics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Meis, Constantin. Light and vacuum 9789814630894 (DLC) 2014029163 (OCoLC)897001585
ISBN 9789814630900 electronic book
981463090X electronic book
9789814630894
9814630896

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