Lorentz Contraction of Bound States in 1+1 Dimensional Gauge Theory
arXiv:hep-ph/0406186 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.70.065014
Abstract
We consider the Lorentz contraction of a fermion-antifermion bound state in 1+1 dimensional QED. In 1+1 dimensions the absence of physical, propagating photons allows us to explicitly solve the weak coupling limit α<< m^2 of the Bethe-Salpeter bound state equation in any Lorentz frame. In a time-ordered formalism it is seen that all pair production is suppressed in this limit. The wave function is shown to contract while the mass spectrum is invariant under boosts.
12 pages, 5 figures; v2: text shortened, some comments added, references updated, version to appear in Phys Rev D
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