Momentum picture of motion in Lagrangian quantum field theory
Abstract
The basic aspects of the momentum picture of motion in Lagrangian quantum field theory are given. Under some assumptions, this picture is a 4-dimensional analogue of the Schr\"odinger picture: in it the field operators are constant, spacetime-independent, while the state vectors have a simple, exponential, spacetime-dependence. The role of these assumptions is analyzed. The Euler-Lagrange equations in momentum picture are derived and attention is paid on the conserved operators in it.
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