• Corpus ID: 119254349

Gauge-Invariant Energy Functional in Relativistic Schroedinger Theory

@article{Mattes2009GaugeInvariantEF,
  title={Gauge-Invariant Energy Functional in Relativistic Schroedinger Theory},
  author={Michael Mattes and M. Sorg},
  journal={arXiv: High Energy Physics - Theory},
  year={2009}
}

• M. Mattes, M. Sorg
• Published 29 August 2009
• Physics
• arXiv: High Energy Physics - Theory

The non-invariant energy functional of the preceding paper is improved in order to obtain its gauge-invariant form by strictly taking into account the non-Abelian character of Relativistic Schroedinger Theory (RST). As an application of the results, the dichotomy of positronium with respect to singlet and triplet states is discussed (ortho- and para-positronium). The degeneracy of the ortho- and para-states occurs in RST if (i) the magnetic interactions are neglected (as in the conventional theory) and (ii) the anisotropy of the electric interaction potential is disregarded. In view of such a very crude approximation procedure, the non-relativistic positronium spectrum in RST agrees amazingly well with the conventional predictions.