Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I The Classical World
- Part II Quantum Theory
- Part III Non-relativistic Quantum Electrodynamics
- 9 The Quantisation of Electrodynamics
- 10 Quantum Electrodynamics and Perturbation Theory
- 11 Quantum Electrodynamics beyond Perturbation Theory
- 12 Quantum Electrodynamics and Molecular Structure
- Appendix A The Functional Calculus
- Appendix B Longitudinal and Transverse Fields
- Appendix C Hamilton’s Equations for the Electromagnetic Field of a Charge
- Appendix D Normal Ordering of Field Operator Products
- Appendix E Calculus for Path-dependent Functionals
- Appendix F Matrix Elements in the Coulomb Gauge
- Appendix G The Heisenberg Group and Coherent States
- Appendix H An Example of Constrained Dynamics
- Index
9 - The Quantisation of Electrodynamics
from Part III - Non-relativistic Quantum Electrodynamics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 September 2022
- Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I The Classical World
- Part II Quantum Theory
- Part III Non-relativistic Quantum Electrodynamics
- 9 The Quantisation of Electrodynamics
- 10 Quantum Electrodynamics and Perturbation Theory
- 11 Quantum Electrodynamics beyond Perturbation Theory
- 12 Quantum Electrodynamics and Molecular Structure
- Appendix A The Functional Calculus
- Appendix B Longitudinal and Transverse Fields
- Appendix C Hamilton’s Equations for the Electromagnetic Field of a Charge
- Appendix D Normal Ordering of Field Operator Products
- Appendix E Calculus for Path-dependent Functionals
- Appendix F Matrix Elements in the Coulomb Gauge
- Appendix G The Heisenberg Group and Coherent States
- Appendix H An Example of Constrained Dynamics
- Index
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- Foundations of Molecular Quantum Electrodynamics , pp. 297 - 338Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022