Papers Log
Papers Log
Non-commutative geometric quantization of photons and string field theory, Harvard Preprint (1988)
We sketch a formulation of second quantized photons based on non-commutative geometry. The formulation is locally identical to standard canonical quantization but extends to topologically non-trivial gauge fields, as for example in the complement of a knot. The formalism can also be considered for gluons, and is connected in a novel way with string field theory.
Although I never did publish this, I circulated a version of this at the Swansea ICAMP and explained it to experts in loop quantum gravity, this version finalised just after.
Friday, 5 August 1988