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Literature here: R. Loudon `The Quantum Theory of Light' [6] and C. Cohen-Tannoudji, J. Dupont-Roc, G. Grynberg `Atom-Photon Interactions' [7].
Electromagnetism brings in the notion of fields as described by Maxwell's equations
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in a shorthand notation where
etc.
The transversal parts of
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are dynamical variables:
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Tobias Brandes
2005-04-26