Electromagnetic theory quantum conditions

The present theory has been developed in terms of an extended Lorentz invariant form of the electromagnetic field equations, in combination with an addendum of necessary basic quantum conditions. From the results of such a simplified approach, theoretical models have been obtained for a number of physical systems. These models could thus provide some hints and first... 

Transition probabilities. The interaction of quantum systems with light may be studied with the help of Schrodinger s time-dependent perturbation theory. A molecular complex may be in an initial state i), an eigenstate of the unperturbed Hamiltonian, Jfo I ) = E 10- If the system is irradiated by electromagnetic radiation of frequency v = co/2nc, transitions to other quantum states /) of the complex occur if the frequency is sufficiently close to Bohr s frequency condition,... 

Placzek s theory (1934) which treats molecules as quantum objects and electromagnetic fields classically, satisfactorily describes the Raman effect on the condition that the exciting frequency differs considerably from the frequencies of electronic as well as of vibrational transitions. 

In Section V it will be shown that the quaternion structure of the fields that correspond to the electromagnetic field tensor and its current density source, implies a very important consequence for electromagnetism. It is that the local limit of the time component of the four-current density yields a derived normalization. The latter is the condition that was imposed (originally by Max Bom) to interpret quantum mechanics as a probability calculus. Here, it is a derived result that is an asymptotic feature (in the flat spacetime limit) of a field theory that may not generally be interpreted in terms of probabilities. Thus, the derivation of the electromagnetic field equations in general relativity reveals, as a bonus, a natural normalization condition that is conventionally imposed in quantum mechanics. 

Contents Introduction. - Classical Theoty Free Charged Particles and a Field. Atoms and Field. The Kinetic Equations for a System of Free Charged Particles and a Field. Brownian Motioa Kinetic Equations for an Atom-Field System. - Quantum Theory Microscopic Equations. The Kinetic Equations for Partially Ionized Plasma The Coulomb Approximation. Kinetic Equations for Partially Ionized Plasma The Processes Conditioned by a Transverse Electromagnetic Field. Spectral Emission Line Broadening of Atoms in Partially Ionized Plasma. Fluctuations and Kinetic Processes in Systems Composed of Strongly Interacting Particles. Fluctuations in Quantum Self-Osdllatory Systems. Phie Transitions in a System Composed of Atoms and a Field. Conclusion. -References. - Subject Index. 

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