2003/11/07 by Dan Solomon, Solomon, Dan
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Molecular Physics #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Crystallography and Radiation Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #hep-th #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/0311067
21 pages
arxiv created 2003/11/07 · openalex publication_date 2003/11/07 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In order for Dirac theory to be gauge invariant it can be shown that the Schwinger term must be zero. However, it can also be shown that for the vacuum state to be the lowest energy state the Schwinger term must be nonzero. Therefore there is an inconsistency in Dirac theory involving the evaluation of the Schwinger term. This inconsistency is discussed along with a possible way to resolve it.