Electron in a transverse harmonic potential

Abstract

Non-perturbative solutions to the quantum-field theory is a topic of current and broad interest, especially for the heavy ion and laser physics communities, since they investigate particle production in the presence of strong external fields. We have solved a non-perturbative QED + external field problem of an electron in a strong transverse confining potential using Hamiltonian light-front quantum field theory in a basis function representation. The invariant mass spectra and the anomalous magnetic moment of the lowest state for this two-scale system are also evaluated. With this method the perturbative QED results are also reproduced with a good accuracy. We also discuss the extension of the method to other problems as well.