DOI: 10.1017/s0305004100018922. The New Action Function and the Unitary Field Theory

The New Action Function and the Unitary Field Theory

10.1017/s0305004100018922

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Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (56)

Abstract

A new form of the variation principle is given using the sum T of the Lagrangian L and the Hamiltonian as an action function. This new form of the variational principle enables us to find a new special action function, which conserves the chief features of Born's theory while changing some of its former results. To a given charge correspond two static solutions with central symmetry, one giving a finite, the other an infinite energy. The potential of the one (light) particle is analogous to that in Born's theory while the potential of the other resembles a potential barrier. Also, by using the new action function, the symmetry between electric and magnetic fields ceases to exist.

Bibliography

Infeld, L. (1936). The New Action Function and the Unitary Field Theory. Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 32(1), 127â137.

Authors 1

L. Infeld (first)

References 4 Referenced 19

Dates

Type	When
Created	16 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 7, 2008, 6:02 a.m.)
Deposited	6 years, 2 months ago (June 8, 2019, 12:28 p.m.)
Indexed	1 month, 4 weeks ago (July 7, 2025, 4:25 a.m.)
Issued	89 years, 8 months ago (Jan. 1, 1936)
Published	89 years, 8 months ago (Jan. 1, 1936)
Published Online	16 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 24, 2008)
Published Print	89 years, 8 months ago (Jan. 1, 1936)

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BibTeX

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