Friday, March 4, 2016

quantum field theory - Finding the creation/annihilation operators


Using Minkowski signature (+,,,), for the Lagrangian density


L=μϕμϕm2ϕϕ


of the complex scalar field, we have the field


ϕ(x)=d3p2(2π)3ωp(a(p)eipx+b(p)e+ipx).


I'm trying to now find an equation for the a(p) and b(p) (with the final goal of finding an expression for [a(p),b(q)] using [ϕ(x),Π(y)]).


What I should note is that we are considering all of this in the Schrodinger picture (t=0) so I suppose the very first thing to do is change all the x's to x right?


The strategy I'm struggling to implement and failing at many points along the way:





  1. Find the momentum Πϕ(x)=L˙ϕ=˙ϕ.




  2. Add some combination of ϕ(x) and Π(x) to get rid of one of the creation/annihilation operators.




  3. Do an inverse Fourier transform to find a(p) in terms of ϕ(x), for example.





None of the major text books seem to actually carry this through, and instead write something like "and it's easy to show…". However I don't find it too easy, especially part 3. as I'm not a Fourier transform expert.


Could anyone either direct me somewhere where the above is computed explicitly (in more than 2/3 lines), or help me understand each of the 3 steps above?


(I realise it is easy to find a reference where this is done for the real scalar field, in which case we have a(p) and a(p). Even still, I find it hard to follow parts.)




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