Quantization of Lagrangians for Charges in an External Field

Generally Lagrangians in classical mechanics depend on the coordinates and velocities of the particles at one instant of time. Obviously such an approach assumes that all interactions are instantaneous, and hence that the field has an infinite velocity

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Published in:Australian journal of physics 1970, Vol.23 (6), p.951
Main Authors: Hayes, CF, Craig, CD
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Generally Lagrangians in classical mechanics depend on the coordinates and velocities of the particles at one instant of time. Obviously such an approach assumes that all interactions are instantaneous, and hence that the field has an infinite velocity
ISSN:0004-9506
DOI:10.1071/PH700951