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Photon localization revisited
In the light of Newton-Wigner-Wightman theorem of localizability question, we
have proposed before a typical generation mechanism of effective mass for
photons to be localized in the form of polaritons owing to photon-media
interactions. In this paper, the general essence of this example model is
extracted in such a form as Quantum Field Ontology associated with
Eventualization Principle, which enables us to explain the mutual relations
back and forth, between quantum fields and various forms of particles in the
localized form of the former.Comment: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1101.578
Axiomatic geometrical optics, Abraham-Minkowski controversy, and photon properties derived classically
By restating geometrical optics within the field-theoretical approach, the
classical concept of a photon (and, more generally, any elementary excitation)
in arbitrary dispersive medium is introduced, and photon properties are
calculated unambiguously. In particular, the canonical and kinetic momenta
carried by a photon, as well as the two corresponding energy-momentum tensors
of a wave, are derived from first principles of Lagrangian mechanics. As an
example application of this formalism, the Abraham-Minkowski controversy
pertaining to the definitions of these quantities is resolved for linear waves
of arbitrary nature, and corrections to the traditional formulas for the photon
kinetic energy-momentum are found. Several other applications of axiomatic
geometrical optics to electromagnetic waves are also presented