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On the Covariant Quantization of QED
Bernard R. Durney
The commutation relations for bosons are field independent, and can be reliably inferred from the definition of creation and annihilation operators. Here, the commutation relations…
The Contribution of Electron-Positron Pair Production to the Vacuum Energy
Bernard R. Durney
The vacuum, defined as the state where no particles can be observed, is interpreted here to imply that the lifetime of the e-p pair should be equal to the Planck time. Concerning t…
Lorentz Transformations
Bernard R. Durney
This paper describes a particularly didactic and transparent derivation of basic properties of the Lorentz group. The generators for rotations and boosts along an arbitrary directi…
The Hawking effect for massive particles
Bernard R. Durney
This paper describes a particularly transparent derivation of the Hawking effect for massive particles in black holes. The calculations are performed with the help of Painleve-Gull…