A comment on the two definitions of the electric polarizability of a bound system in relativistic quantum theory

2002/09/20 by M. A. Maize, Maize, M. A.
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Molecular Physics #FOS: Physical sciences #Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics #nucl-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.nucl-th/0209062

To be submitted to A.J.P

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Abstract

In a paper published in A.J.P. by Coutinho, Nogami and Tomio, two definitions of the relativistic electric polarizability were introduced and discussed. The analyses and conclusions of the authors contain a fair number of serious mistakes. It is our purpose to correct any misunderstanding that might result from the errors appearing in their paper.

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