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Art of Spin Decomposition Xiang-Song Chen 陈相松 Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Tech. 华中科技大学 Outline: Spin sum rules and controversies A most familiar example What makes a good spin decomposition Angular momentum of tensor gauge field Critical thinking about gauge invariance
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Related recent papers 1)Art of spin decomposition Xiang-Song Chen, Wei-Min Sun, Fan Wang, T. Goldman, Phys. Rev. D 83, 071901(R) (2011). 2) Proper identification of the gluon spin Xiang-Song Chen, Wei-Min Sun, Fan Wang, T. Goldman, Phys. Lett. B 700, 21 (2011). 3) Physical decomposition of the gauge and gravitational fields Xiang-Song Chen, Ben-Chao Zhu, Phys. Rev. D 83, 084006 (2011). 4) Spin and orbital angular momentum of the tensor gauge field. Xiang-Song Chen, Ben-Chao Zhu, Niall Ó Murchadha, arXiv:1105.6300v1 5) Tensor gauge condition and tensor field decomposition Xiang-Song Chen, Ben-Chao Zhu, arXiv:1101.2809v4
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Earlier and recent Spin sum rules
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A most familiar example: Solving the hydrogen atom Does this make sense???
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The atom as a whole
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Close look at the photon contribution The static terms!
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Justification of neglecting photon field
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A critical gap to be closed
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The same story with Hamiltonian
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The fortune of using Coulomb gauge
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Momentum of a moving atom A stationary electromagnetic field carries no momentum
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Gauge-invariant revision
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The covariant scheme spurious photon angular momentum
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Gluon angular momentum in the nucleon: Tree-level One-gluon exchange has the same property as one-photon exchange
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Beyond the static approximation
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The tensor gauge field
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Canonical expression of spin and OAM
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Complete tensor gauge conditions
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Vanishing of angular momentum for a stationary tensor gauge field No spurious time- dependence
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The same property of momentum
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Critical thinking about gauge invariance: Gauge theory as a “Compromising” Physical Theory First step in Physics : Complete Description Classic Physics: r and p ( controllable ) Quantum Mechanics : Wave Function ( Not completely controllable ) Gauge Theory : Gauge potentials (Completely uncontrollable )
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Gauge invariance: “The emperor’s new clothes”? This clothes is made of QCD vacuum. Intelligent people see a splendid structure. Stupid people see nothing! Selling for one million dollars! Wonderful! I buy it. Great! We have produced GDP of one million dollars!
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Demonstration with a key issue: Quantum Lorentz Invariance with Tensor Gauge Coupling Lorentz Invariance of Quantum Gravity
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Two keywords in modern physics Quantization ( 量子化 ) Symmetry ( 对称性 ) 1) Space-time symmetry 2) Gauge symmetry
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Classical Lorentz Invariance Four-vector gauge field
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Quantum Lorentz Invariance
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Clarification on Lorentz Covariance
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Two approaches towards quantum Lorentz Invariance in gauge theory Covariant quantization with non-physical states Physical quantization with non-covariant propagator
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Electrodynamics: vector gauge coupling Covariant quantization with non- physical states: Gupta-Bleuler Physical quantization with non- covariant propagator: Coulomb gauge
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The non-covariant propagator of Physical photon
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A delicate point: the contact term and its effect
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Cancelation of the contact term
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The fortune of Abelian gauge theory: Uniqueness of Coulomb gauge
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Gravitation as tensor gauge coupling
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The physical graviton propagator
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Propagator of general gauge field
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The contact term and its effect
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Choice of tensor gauge conditions: Non-uniqueness
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Hamiltonian in various gauges Test for Quantum Lorentz Invariance!
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Thank you! 谢谢 !
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