{"id":124,"date":"2018-11-14T04:05:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T04:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=124"},"modified":"2019-04-30T09:17:29","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T09:17:29","slug":"quantum-electrodynamics-particle-or-photon-interpretation","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/chapter\/quantum-electrodynamics-particle-or-photon-interpretation\/","title":{"rendered":"Quantum Electrodynamics-particle or photon interpretation"},"content":{"raw":"<div><span style=\"float: right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ga0grV0MebY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img src=\"http:\/\/epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download.png\" alt=\"epgp books\" width=\"75px\" height=\"75px;\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/span><\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 1.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Learning Outcomes<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">(a) Learn to expand the vector potentials as harmonic oscillator plane waves in momentum space and identify the coefficients as creation and destruction operators.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">(b) Evaluate the Hamiltonian in terms of creation and destruction operators.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">(c) Learn about normal ordering and how they remove the infinite part of the zero point energy by their definition.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">(d) Calculate the commutation relation for electric and magnetic fields.<\/p>\r\n<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">(e)\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">Understand the relation between wave function and the vector potential.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">(f ) Learn about\u00a0 \u201cAharanov Bohm Effect\u201d and the significance of vector potential in\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">quantum mechanics.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">(g) Understand how single <\/span>valuedness<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> of wave function leads to <\/span>quantisation<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> of the flux in a superconducting ring.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">(h) Evaluate the interaction Hamiltonian for <\/span>non relativistic<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> electron and the e.m. field from the <\/span>Scrodinger<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> equation with <\/span>covariant<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> derivative.<\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">2.<\/strong><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">Introduction<\/strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">In the last <\/span>module<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> we got over the difficulty in quantizing the e.m field by choosing to use the coulomb (or radiation or transverse ) gauge for <\/span>quantisation<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> along with the modification of the Dirac delta function on the <\/span>right hand<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> side of the commutation relation.<\/span><\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">In this <\/span>module<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> we go ahead and expand the vector potentials (the scalar potential is zero) as plane waves in momentum space and identify the creation and destruction operators. Their commutation relation is similar to the one in <\/span>scalar<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> field. We evaluate the Hamiltonian and find it has infinite <\/span>zero point<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> energy. We subtract this infinite energy not directly but by using a normal ordered Hamiltonian.<\/span><\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">In the radiation <\/span>gauge<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> the four components of the four vector are\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">reduced to two. 0 is made to vanish using the gauge freedom <\/span>and .<strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">A =0<\/strong><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> constraint reduces the four degrees of freedom to two. Fermi showed that the longitudinal part of <\/span><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">A<\/strong><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> and 0 combine to form the instantaneous <\/span>coulomb<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> interaction between the <\/span>electrons ,<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> when <\/span>non relativistic<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> electrons interact with the radiation field with two degrees of freedom (the two transverse polarisations).<\/span><\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">We also see the special importance given to the vector potential in quantum theory and discuss the new effect <\/span>produced .<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> The explanation of this using\u00a0<\/span>magnetic<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> field requires <\/span>non local<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> interaction. So we need the vector potential in\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">quantum mechanics if we want a local theory.<\/span><\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">3. Momentum Space Expansion of the field as plane waves<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-132 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-67.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"677\" height=\"584\" \/>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-133 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-68.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"190\" \/>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-134 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-69.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"582\" \/>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-135 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-70.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"302\" \/>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-136 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-71.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"567\" height=\"153\" \/>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Zero Point Energy and Normal ordering<\/strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We define the zero of energy so that the energy in vacuum is zero. For this we subtract the energy of vacuum, that is the zero point energy from the total energy value.<\/p>\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-137 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-72.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"88\" \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The same thing is achieved by normal ordering<strong>. In normal ordering the annihilation<\/strong> <strong>operators are always moved to the right. The switching is done omitting the 1 on the R.H.S (<\/strong>right hand side )<strong> of the commutation relation. <\/strong>Normal ordering is denoted by colons ,: , on the left and right.<\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThus \u2236 ?<sub>?<\/sub><sup>+<\/sup>?<sub>?<\/sub> + ?<sub>?<\/sub>?<sub>?<\/sub><sup>+<\/sup>: = ?<sub>?<\/sub><sup>+<\/sup>?<sub>?<\/sub> + ?<sub>?<\/sub><sup>+<\/sup>?<sub>?<\/sub> = 2?<sub>?<\/sub><sup>+<\/sup>?? .\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNotice we have switched the order in the second term in eq. (3.9a) but have not brought in the non vanishing right hand side of the commutator like in (3.9b).\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor a field\u00a0we separate the positive and negative energy (or frequency) parts and put\u00a0frequency parts on right.\u00a0 ( Positive frequency ( ?<sup>\u2212???<\/sup>) part always goes with <em>a\u00a0or annihilation operator).<\/em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">Thus \u2236 ??: = ?<sup>(\u2212)<\/sup> ?<sup>(\u2212)<\/sup> + 2?<sup>(\u2212)<\/sup>?<sup>(+)<\/sup> + ?<sup>(+)<\/sup>?<sup>(+)<\/sup><\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-138 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-73.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"581\" \/>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-139 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-74.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"347\" \/>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>5.\u00a0Significance of Vector potential (Aharanov-Bohm Effect)<\/strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In classical electrodynamics the vector potential has no separate physical significance. It plays its role only through electric and magnetic fields. However when we go to quantum mechanics this is no longer true. The vector potential plays a special role and has its own significance. This was shown first by Aharanov and Bohm in 1959 and is called \u201cAharanov Bohm\u201d effect.<\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Before discussing the details of the effect, we should note that classical electrodynamics is a local theory of electric and magnetic fields. If there are no fields at a point in space the effect of e.m. fields is zero. However the vector potential can be finite or non zero at a point where the magnetic field is zero. This effect shows that an electron passing through a point where magnetic field is zero will still feel an effect if vector potential is non zero at that point in quantum theory.<\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In terms of magnetic field it looks like a non local theory, but in terms of vector potential, it is a local theory. This would mean that to have a local quantum theory we must give more importance to vector potential than the magnetic field. Before discussing the effect we need the expression for wave function in terms of the vector potential.<\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>4.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Relation between solutions for zero and finite vector potential<\/strong><\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLet us start with the non relativistic Schrodinger equation\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-140 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-75.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"147\" \/>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-141 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-76.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"667\" height=\"585\" \/>\r\n\r\n? = ?(0) ?\u2212?? \u222b ?.??\u2032?0A.ds\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>6.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Aharanov \u2013 Bohm effect:<\/strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Consider the double slit geometry with a Solenoidal magnetic field for electron interference. A coherent beam from a source on the left of the figure is sent around two\u00a0<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">sides of a solenoid by a double slit arrangement. It interferes on the <\/span>right hand<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> side where two beams meet.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-142 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-77.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"651\" height=\"571\" \/>\r\n\r\nmagnetic flux enclosed by paths 1 and 2. Here the closed line integral is along path 1 and then along path 2 in the opposite direction.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">So interference pattern depends on total flux even though the electron paths transverse only regions with <strong>B<\/strong> = 0. Classically the dynamical behavior of electron is given by the Lorentz force, which is zero when electron path is through points where there is no magnetic field. But in quantum mechanics there are observable effects due to magnetic field in regions inaccessible to electron. <strong>A<\/strong> is however non zero along the path. So any\u00a0<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">description in terms of\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">B <\/strong><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">has to be non-local. A local\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">description requires <\/span>use<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> of <\/span><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">A,<\/strong><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> the vector potential. So in Quantum Mechanics <\/span><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">A<\/strong><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> plays an essential role.<\/span><\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">In the A.B. effect for the paths at <\/span>maximum<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> of the interference pattern the wave function\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">is <\/span>single valued<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">.\u00a0\u00a0 (that is why it is a maximum.) Paths with <\/span>phase,<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> 3 are minimum.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">The change in interference pattern with <\/span>change<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> in flux has been verified experimentally.<\/span><\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">7.<\/strong><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">Quantisation of Flux<\/strong><\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">We next consider the magnetic flux enclosed by a <\/span>super conducting<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> ring, shown in the figure. At the <\/span>center<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> there is <\/span>magnetic<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> field due to a solenoid (not shown in <\/span>figure<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">).<\/span><\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">There is no magnetic field in the ring. This is due to <\/span>Meissner<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> effect. If the ring encloses magnetic <\/span>flux ,<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> then the wave function inside the ring is given by<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n? = ?(0) ?\u22122?? \u222b ?.??\u2032?0A.ds' .\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The factor \u20182\u2019 in the exponent is due to particle in a superconductor not being an electron with charge e but a Cooper pair with charge 2e. We assume that a Cooper pair behaves like a charged bound particle, even though the pairing is in momentum space .<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-143 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-78-296x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" \/>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Figure. 7.2 Superconducting ring. Enclosed flux in the centre. Ther is no magnetic field in the ring.<\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The factor \u20182\u2019 in the exponent is due to particle in a superconductor not being an electron with charge e but a Cooper pair with charge 2e. we assume that a Cooper pair behaves like a particle. Now if we start from a point in the ring and come back to the same point the wave function must be single valued and so same, for all closed paths. This should be\u00a0so whether or not the closed path includes any flux. This requires the phase change to be a multiple of 2\u03c0. So we require<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-144 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-79.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"217\" \/>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-145 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-80.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"561\" \/>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-146 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-81.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"633\" height=\"376\" \/>\r\n\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><strong>you can view video on Quantum Electrodynamics-particle or photon interpretation<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ga0grV0MebY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-120\" src=\"http:\/\/epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" \/><\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n<strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">Book<\/strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">Sakurai J.J, \u201c Advanced Quantum Mechanics\u201d, Pearson Education Inc. 2006.<\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">Web links<\/strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">web.mit.edu\/6.763\/www\/Ft03\/Lectures\/lecture10.p<\/strong><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">df<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">accessed 24 Feb. 2016<\/strong>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 Interesting Fact<\/strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Gauge Fields<\/strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Electromagnetic field is a gauge field. The gauge field arises in a very simple way when we demand that the derivative of field have the same transformation property as the field when a local phase transformation is made. This requires the modification of the derivative to covariant derivative which brings a gauge field with it. However when we relate the gauge field to the electric and magnetic fields there are constraints which create problems when we try to quantize them.<\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As it happens , all the other fields, weak, strong and even the gravitational field are all gauge fields or fields with constraints. In the last 50 years we have learnt how to tackle the combined electro- weak\u00a0and strong fields. Gravitation is proving even now very difficult to quantize.<\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">The name of\u00a0 Herman <\/span>Weyl ,<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> a\u00a0<\/span>mathematician ,is<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> associated with gauge formulation of e.m. fields.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div><span style=\"float: right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ga0grV0MebY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download.png\" alt=\"epgp books\" width=\"75px\" height=\"75px;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 1.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Learning Outcomes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">(a) Learn to expand the vector potentials as harmonic oscillator plane waves in momentum space and identify the coefficients as creation and destruction operators.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">(b) Evaluate the Hamiltonian in terms of creation and destruction operators.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">(c) Learn about normal ordering and how they remove the infinite part of the zero point energy by their definition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">(d) Calculate the commutation relation for electric and magnetic fields.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">(e)\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">Understand the relation between wave function and the vector potential.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">(f ) Learn about\u00a0 \u201cAharanov Bohm Effect\u201d and the significance of vector potential in\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">quantum mechanics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">(g) Understand how single <\/span>valuedness<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> of wave function leads to <\/span>quantisation<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> of the flux in a superconducting ring.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">(h) Evaluate the interaction Hamiltonian for <\/span>non relativistic<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> electron and the e.m. field from the <\/span>Scrodinger<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> equation with <\/span>covariant<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> derivative.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">2.<\/strong><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">In the last <\/span>module<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> we got over the difficulty in quantizing the e.m field by choosing to use the coulomb (or radiation or transverse ) gauge for <\/span>quantisation<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> along with the modification of the Dirac delta function on the <\/span>right hand<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> side of the commutation relation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">In this <\/span>module<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> we go ahead and expand the vector potentials (the scalar potential is zero) as plane waves in momentum space and identify the creation and destruction operators. Their commutation relation is similar to the one in <\/span>scalar<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> field. We evaluate the Hamiltonian and find it has infinite <\/span>zero point<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> energy. We subtract this infinite energy not directly but by using a normal ordered Hamiltonian.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">In the radiation <\/span>gauge<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> the four components of the four vector are\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">reduced to two. 0 is made to vanish using the gauge freedom <\/span>and .<strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">A =0<\/strong><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> constraint reduces the four degrees of freedom to two. Fermi showed that the longitudinal part of <\/span><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">A<\/strong><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> and 0 combine to form the instantaneous <\/span>coulomb<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> interaction between the <\/span>electrons ,<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> when <\/span>non relativistic<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> electrons interact with the radiation field with two degrees of freedom (the two transverse polarisations).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">We also see the special importance given to the vector potential in quantum theory and discuss the new effect <\/span>produced .<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> The explanation of this using\u00a0<\/span>magnetic<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> field requires <\/span>non local<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> interaction. So we need the vector potential in\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">quantum mechanics if we want a local theory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">3. Momentum Space Expansion of the field as plane waves<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-132 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-67.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"677\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-67.png 677w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-67-300x259.png 300w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-67-65x56.png 65w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-67-225x194.png 225w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-67-350x302.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-133 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-68.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-68.png 650w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-68-300x88.png 300w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-68-65x19.png 65w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-68-225x66.png 225w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-68-350x102.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-134 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-69.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-69.png 676w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-69-300x258.png 300w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-69-65x56.png 65w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-69-225x194.png 225w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-69-350x301.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-135 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-70.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-70.png 625w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-70-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-70-65x31.png 65w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-70-225x109.png 225w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-70-350x169.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-136 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-71.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"567\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-71.png 567w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-71-300x81.png 300w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-71-65x18.png 65w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-71-225x61.png 225w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-71-350x94.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zero Point Energy and Normal ordering<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We define the zero of energy so that the energy in vacuum is zero. For this we subtract the energy of vacuum, that is the zero point energy from the total energy value.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-137 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-72.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"88\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-72.png 663w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-72-300x40.png 300w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-72-65x9.png 65w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-72-225x30.png 225w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-72-350x46.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The same thing is achieved by normal ordering<strong>. In normal ordering the annihilation<\/strong> <strong>operators are always moved to the right. The switching is done omitting the 1 on the R.H.S (<\/strong>right hand side )<strong> of the commutation relation. <\/strong>Normal ordering is denoted by colons ,: , on the left and right.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thus \u2236 ?<sub>?<\/sub><sup>+<\/sup>?<sub>?<\/sub> + ?<sub>?<\/sub>?<sub>?<\/sub><sup>+<\/sup>: = ?<sub>?<\/sub><sup>+<\/sup>?<sub>?<\/sub> + ?<sub>?<\/sub><sup>+<\/sup>?<sub>?<\/sub> = 2?<sub>?<\/sub><sup>+<\/sup>?? .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Notice we have switched the order in the second term in eq. (3.9a) but have not brought in the non vanishing right hand side of the commutator like in (3.9b).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For a field\u00a0we separate the positive and negative energy (or frequency) parts and put\u00a0frequency parts on right.\u00a0 ( Positive frequency ( ?<sup>\u2212???<\/sup>) part always goes with <em>a\u00a0or annihilation operator).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">Thus \u2236 ??: = ?<sup>(\u2212)<\/sup> ?<sup>(\u2212)<\/sup> + 2?<sup>(\u2212)<\/sup>?<sup>(+)<\/sup> + ?<sup>(+)<\/sup>?<sup>(+)<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-138 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-73.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-73.png 663w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-73-300x263.png 300w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-73-65x57.png 65w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-73-225x197.png 225w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-73-350x307.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-139 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-74.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-74.png 676w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-74-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-74-65x33.png 65w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-74-225x115.png 225w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-74-350x180.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>5.\u00a0Significance of Vector potential (Aharanov-Bohm Effect)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In classical electrodynamics the vector potential has no separate physical significance. It plays its role only through electric and magnetic fields. However when we go to quantum mechanics this is no longer true. The vector potential plays a special role and has its own significance. This was shown first by Aharanov and Bohm in 1959 and is called \u201cAharanov Bohm\u201d effect.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Before discussing the details of the effect, we should note that classical electrodynamics is a local theory of electric and magnetic fields. If there are no fields at a point in space the effect of e.m. fields is zero. However the vector potential can be finite or non zero at a point where the magnetic field is zero. This effect shows that an electron passing through a point where magnetic field is zero will still feel an effect if vector potential is non zero at that point in quantum theory.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In terms of magnetic field it looks like a non local theory, but in terms of vector potential, it is a local theory. This would mean that to have a local quantum theory we must give more importance to vector potential than the magnetic field. Before discussing the effect we need the expression for wave function in terms of the vector potential.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>4.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Relation between solutions for zero and finite vector potential<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let us start with the non relativistic Schrodinger equation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-140 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-75.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-75.png 452w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-75-300x98.png 300w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-75-65x21.png 65w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-75-225x73.png 225w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-75-350x114.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-141 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-76.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"667\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-76.png 667w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-76-300x263.png 300w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-76-65x57.png 65w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-76-225x197.png 225w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-76-350x307.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>? = ?(0) ?\u2212?? \u222b ?.??\u2032?0A.ds<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>6.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Aharanov \u2013 Bohm effect:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Consider the double slit geometry with a Solenoidal magnetic field for electron interference. A coherent beam from a source on the left of the figure is sent around two\u00a0<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">sides of a solenoid by a double slit arrangement. It interferes on the <\/span>right hand<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> side where two beams meet.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-142 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-77.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"651\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-77.png 651w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-77-300x263.png 300w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-77-65x57.png 65w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-77-225x197.png 225w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-77-350x307.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>magnetic flux enclosed by paths 1 and 2. Here the closed line integral is along path 1 and then along path 2 in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">So interference pattern depends on total flux even though the electron paths transverse only regions with <strong>B<\/strong> = 0. Classically the dynamical behavior of electron is given by the Lorentz force, which is zero when electron path is through points where there is no magnetic field. But in quantum mechanics there are observable effects due to magnetic field in regions inaccessible to electron. <strong>A<\/strong> is however non zero along the path. So any\u00a0<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">description in terms of\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">B <\/strong><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">has to be non-local. A local\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">description requires <\/span>use<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> of <\/span><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">A,<\/strong><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> the vector potential. So in Quantum Mechanics <\/span><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">A<\/strong><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> plays an essential role.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">In the A.B. effect for the paths at <\/span>maximum<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> of the interference pattern the wave function\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">is <\/span>single valued<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">.\u00a0\u00a0 (that is why it is a maximum.) Paths with <\/span>phase,<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> 3 are minimum.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">The change in interference pattern with <\/span>change<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> in flux has been verified experimentally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">7.<\/strong><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">Quantisation of Flux<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">We next consider the magnetic flux enclosed by a <\/span>super conducting<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> ring, shown in the figure. At the <\/span>center<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> there is <\/span>magnetic<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> field due to a solenoid (not shown in <\/span>figure<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">There is no magnetic field in the ring. This is due to <\/span>Meissner<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> effect. If the ring encloses magnetic <\/span>flux ,<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> then the wave function inside the ring is given by<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>? = ?(0) ?\u22122?? \u222b ?.??\u2032?0A.ds&#8217; .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The factor \u20182\u2019 in the exponent is due to particle in a superconductor not being an electron with charge e but a Cooper pair with charge 2e. We assume that a Cooper pair behaves like a charged bound particle, even though the pairing is in momentum space .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-143 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-78-296x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-78-296x300.png 296w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-78-65x66.png 65w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-78-225x228.png 225w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-78-350x354.png 350w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-78.png 473w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Figure. 7.2 Superconducting ring. Enclosed flux in the centre. Ther is no magnetic field in the ring.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The factor \u20182\u2019 in the exponent is due to particle in a superconductor not being an electron with charge e but a Cooper pair with charge 2e. we assume that a Cooper pair behaves like a particle. Now if we start from a point in the ring and come back to the same point the wave function must be single valued and so same, for all closed paths. This should be\u00a0so whether or not the closed path includes any flux. This requires the phase change to be a multiple of 2\u03c0. So we require<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-144 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-79.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-79.png 678w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-79-300x96.png 300w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-79-65x21.png 65w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-79-225x72.png 225w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-79-350x112.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-145 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-80.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-80.png 630w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-80-300x267.png 300w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-80-65x58.png 65w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-80-225x200.png 225w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-80-350x312.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-146 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/phyp11.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-81.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"633\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-81.png 633w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-81-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-81-65x39.png 65w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-81-225x134.png 225w, https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/11\/Untitled-81-350x208.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>you can view video on Quantum Electrodynamics-particle or photon interpretation<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ga0grV0MebY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-120\" src=\"http:\/\/epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/download.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">Book<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">Sakurai J.J, \u201c Advanced Quantum Mechanics\u201d, Pearson Education Inc. 2006.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">Web links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">web.mit.edu\/6.763\/www\/Ft03\/Lectures\/lecture10.p<\/strong><strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">df<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">accessed 24 Feb. 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 Interesting Fact<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gauge Fields<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Electromagnetic field is a gauge field. The gauge field arises in a very simple way when we demand that the derivative of field have the same transformation property as the field when a local phase transformation is made. This requires the modification of the derivative to covariant derivative which brings a gauge field with it. However when we relate the gauge field to the electric and magnetic fields there are constraints which create problems when we try to quantize them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As it happens , all the other fields, weak, strong and even the gravitational field are all gauge fields or fields with constraints. In the last 50 years we have learnt how to tackle the combined electro- weak\u00a0and strong fields. Gravitation is proving even now very difficult to quantize.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\">The name of\u00a0 Herman <\/span>Weyl ,<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> a\u00a0<\/span>mathematician ,is<span style=\"text-align: initial;font-size: 1em\"> associated with gauge formulation of e.m. fields.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"menu_order":5,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":["prof-n-panchapakesan"],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[58],"license":[],"class_list":["post-124","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","contributor-prof-n-panchapakesan"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":259,"href":"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/124\/revisions\/259"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/124\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=124"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=124"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}