Expanding quantum magnetic field

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2605.27426v1
• Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 17:17:04 GMT
• Title: Expanding quantum magnetic field
• Abstract summary: We develop the theory of the causal formation of a long-range magnetic field generated by an external current that is instantaneously switched on and kept constant in time.<n>The resulting non-equilibrium quantum state, describing the expanding magnetic field, is obtained exactly and compared with the corresponding quantum magnetostatic state.
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• Abstract: We develop the quantum theory of the causal formation of a long-range magnetic field generated by an external current that is instantaneously switched on and subsequently kept constant in time. The resulting non-equilibrium quantum state, describing the expanding magnetic field, is obtained exactly and compared with the corresponding quantum magnetostatic state. In contrast to the magnetostatic case, the expanding solution exhibits a propagating shockwave-like front separating regions where the magnetic field has already been formed from those that remain causally disconnected from the source. We show that although the expanding field locally approaches the magnetostatic field behind the shockwave-like front, the associated quantum systems remain distinct at all times. In particular, we obtain manifestly different results for the energy, photon number, and their fluctuations in expanding and magnetostatic field configurations. Our results are first derived for a general external current and then illustrated with a specific example.

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