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Self-energy quantum electrodynamics: Multipole radiation

  • Part IV. Invited Papers Dedicated To Asim Orhan Barut
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Within the context of Barut's self-field approach to quantum electrodynamics, we show that the exact relativistic expression for the Einstein A-coefficient of atomic spontaneous emission reduces, in the long wavelength approximation, to a form containing electric- and magnetic-like multipole contributions related to the transition charge and current distributions of the relativistic electron. A number of interesting features of the expressions involved are discussed, and their generalization to interacting composite systems is also pointed out.

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  1. Physics Department, Birzeit University, POB 14, Birzeit, West Bank, via Israel

    Yousef I. Salamin

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Dedicated to Prof. A. O. Barut, teacher and friend, on the occasion of his 65th birthday. I only hope it measures up to the man being honored.

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Salamin, Y.I. Self-energy quantum electrodynamics: Multipole radiation. Found Phys 23, 841–849 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01883813

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