New Angular Momentum Conservation Laws for Gauge Fields in QED

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2405.02143v1
• Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 14:44:17 GMT
• Title: New Angular Momentum Conservation Laws for Gauge Fields in QED
• Authors: Farhad Khosravi, Li-Ping Yang, Pronoy Das, Zubin Jacob,
• Abstract summary: We derive a new local conservation law of angular momentum for Dirac-Maxwell fields in the form of the continuity relation for linear momentum. We shed light on the local dynamics of spin-OAM interaction and angular momentum exchange between Maxwell-Dirac fields. Our results shine light on phenomena related to the spin of gauge bosons.
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• Abstract: Quantum electrodynamics (QED) deals with the relativistic interaction of bosonic gauge fields and fermionic charged particles. In QED, global conservation laws of angular momentum for light-matter interactions are well-known. However, local conservation laws, i.e. the conservation law of angular momentum at every point in space, remain unexplored. Here, we use the QED Lagrangian and Noether's theorem to derive a new local conservation law of angular momentum for Dirac-Maxwell fields in the form of the continuity relation for linear momentum. We separate this local conservation law into four coupled motion equations for spin and orbital angular momentum (OAM) densities. We introduce a helicity current tensor, OAM current tensor, and spin-orbit torque in the motion equations to shed light on on the local dynamics of spin-OAM interaction and angular momentum exchange between Maxwell-Dirac fields. We elucidate how our results translate to classical electrodynamics using the example of plane wave interference as well as a dual-mode optical fiber. Our results shine light on phenomena related to the spin of gauge bosons.

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