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  Completeness and orthonormality of the Volkov states and the Volkov propagator in configuration space

Di Piazza, A. (2018). Completeness and orthonormality of the Volkov states and the Volkov propagator in configuration space. Physical Review D, 97(5): 056028. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.97.056028.

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Di Piazza, Antonino1, Author           
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1Division Prof. Dr. Christoph H. Keitel, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society, ou_904546              

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Free keywords: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, hep-ph
 MPINP: Research group A. Di Piazza – Division C. H. Keitel
 Abstract: Volkov states and Volkov propagator are the basic analytical tools to investigate QED processes occurring in the presence of an intense plane-wave electromagnetic field. In the present paper we provide alternative and relatively simple proofs of the completeness and of the orthonormality at a fixed time of the Volkov states. Concerning the completeness, we exploit some known properties of the Green's function of the Dirac operator in a plane wave, whereas the orthonormality of the Volkov states is proved, relying only on a geometric argument based on the Gauss theorem in four dimensions. In relation with the completeness of the Volkov states, we also study some analytical properties of the Green's function of the Dirac operator in a plane wave, which we explicitly prove to coincide with the Volkov propagator in configuration space. In particular, a closed-form expression in terms of modified Bessel functions and Hankel functions is derived by means of the operator technique in a plane wave and different asymptotic forms are determined. Finally, the transformation properties of the Volkov propagator under general gauge transformations and a general gauge-invariant expression of the so-called dressed mass in configuration space are presented.

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 Dates: 2018-03-30
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 Pages: 25 pages, no figures
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.97.056028
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Title: Physical Review D
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Publ. Info: Lancaster, Pa. : American Physical Society
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 97 (5) Sequence Number: 056028 Start / End Page: - Identifier: ISSN: 0556-2821
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/111088197762258