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Mode truncations and scattering in strong fields

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Article number016002
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>3/07/2018
<mark>Journal</mark>Physical Review D
Issue number1
Volume98
Number of pages16
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Truncating quantum field theories to a dominant mode offers a nonperturbative approach to their solution. We consider here the interaction of charged scalar matter with a single mode of the electromagnetic field. The implied breaking of explicit Lorentz invariance prompts us to compare instant-form quantization and front form, with the latter yielding significant simplifications when light-front zero modes are included. Using these field theory results we reassess the validity of existing first-quantized approaches to depletion effects in strong laser fields, and propose an alternative interpretation based on the dressing approach to QED and its infrared structure.