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Light-front quantization applications : ウィキペディア英語版
Light-front quantization applications

The light front quantization


of quantum field theories
provides a useful alternative to ordinary equal-time
quantization. In
particular, it can lead to a relativistic description of bound systems
in terms of quantum-mechanical wave functions. The quantization is
based on the choice of light-front coordinates,
where
x^+\equiv ct+z plays the role of time and the corresponding spatial
coordinate is x^-\equiv ct-z. Here, t is the ordinary time, z
is one Cartesian coordinate,
and c is the speed of light. The other
two Cartesian coordinates, x and y, are untouched and often called
transverse or perpendicular, denoted by symbols of the type
\vec x_\perp = (x,y). The choice of the
frame of reference where the time
t and z-axis are defined can be left unspecified in an exactly
soluble relativistic theory, but in practical calculations some choices may be more suitable than others. The basic formalism is discussed elsewhere.
There are many applications of this technique, some of which are discussed below.
Essentially, the analysis of any relativistic quantum system can benefit from the use of
light-front coordinates and the associated quantization of the theory that governs the
system.
== Nuclear reactions ==

The light-front technique was brought into nuclear physics by the
pioneering papers of Frankfurt and
Strikman.

The emphasis was on using the correct kinematic variables (and the corresponding
simplifications achieved) in making correct treatments of high-energy nuclear
reactions. This sub-section focuses on only a few examples.
Calculations of deep inelastic scattering from nuclei require knowledge of nucleon
distribution functions within the nucleus. These functions give the probability
that a nucleon of momentum p carries a given fraction y of the plus component
of the nuclear momentum, P, y=p^+/P^+.
Nuclear wave functions have been best determined using the equal-time framework.
It therefore seems reasonable to see if one could re-calculate nuclear wave
functions using the light front formalism. There are several basic nuclear
structure problems which must be handled to establish that any given method
works. It is necessary to compute the deuteron wave function, solve
mean-field theory (basic nuclear shell model) for infinite nuclear matter
and for finite-sized nuclei, and improve the mean-field theory by including
the effects of nucleon-nucleon correlations. Much of nuclear physics is
based on rotational invariance, but manifest rotational invariance is lost
in the light front treatment. Thus recovering rotational invariance is very
important for nuclear applications.
The simplest version of each problem has been handled. A light-front
treatment of the deuteron was accomplished by Cooke and
Miller,

which stressed recovering rotational
invariance.
Mean-field theory for finite nuclei was handled
Blunden et al.


Infinite nuclear
matter was handled within mean-field
theory

and also including
correlations.

Applications to deep inelastic scattering were made
by Miller and Smith.


The principal physics conclusion is that the EMC effect
(nuclear modification of quark distribution functions) cannot be explained
within the framework of conventional nuclear physics. Quark effects are needed.
Most of these developments are discussed in a review by
Miller.
There is a new appreciation that initial and
final-state interaction physics, which is not
intrinsic to the hadron or nuclear light-front wave functions, must be
addressed in order to understand phenomena such as
single-spin asymmetries,
diffractive processes, and nuclear
shadowing.
This motivates extending LFQCD
to the theory of reactions and to investigate
high-energy collisions of hadrons. Standard
scattering theory in Hamiltonian frameworks can
provide valuable guidance for developing a
LFQCD-based analysis of high-energy reactions.

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