Title
EFFECTIVE LAGRANGIANS AND QUANTUM-MECHANICS - THE INDEX OF REFRACTION
Publication Date
1989
Journal or Book Title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
Abstract
Using path integral quantization of a harmonic oscillator–electric field system, it is demonstrated how the familiar expression for the index of refraction of a gas can be obtained by use of the so‐called effective Lagrangian.
Pages
142-148
Volume
57
Issue
2
Recommended Citation
Holstein, BR, "EFFECTIVE LAGRANGIANS AND QUANTUM-MECHANICS - THE INDEX OF REFRACTION" (1989). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. 386.
Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umass.edu/physics_faculty_pubs/386
Comments
The published version is located at http://ajp.aapt.org/resource/1/ajpias/v57/i2/p142_s1