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Nonrelativistic QED

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Summary

An effective field theory for nonrelativistic charged particles coupled to photons, organized in powers of velocity, $1/m$ , and the fine-structure constant.

Record metadata

Canonical name: Nonrelativistic QED
Concept ID: nonrelativistic_qed
Content version: 2.3.0
Primary field: Physics
Fields: Physics
Primary domain: Atomic & molecular physics
Domains: Atomic & molecular physics
Alternate terminology: No alternate terminology is currently authored for this record.
Concept type: Low-energy effective field theory

Concept sources

Wikipedia — Non-relativistic quantum electrodynamics — Non-relativistic quantum electrodynamics · encyclopedic reference · source ID wp-physics-nonrelativistic_qed
arXiv — Introduction to Effective Field Theory — Introduction to Effective Field Theory · peer-reviewed review · source ID burgess-eft
arXiv — An Introduction to Effective Field Theories — An Introduction to Effective Field Theories · graduate lecture notes · source ID penco-eft

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Quantum electrodynamics Nonrelativistic QED

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This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.

Relation ID: qed_to_nrqed
Relation type: Effective theory / model effective-theory
Direction: source → target
Endpoint roles: source: Has effective description; target: Effective description of
Authored annotation: low-velocity charged-particle EFT

Authored explanation

NRQED integrates out relativistic modes and expands in $v/c$ , momentum over mass, and $\alpha$ .

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The target retains the degrees of freedom and interactions relevant below a stated scale or within a stated regime, while higher-energy or unresolved degrees of freedom from the source are integrated out, coarse-grained, or encoded in effective couplings.

Relation sources

Wikipedia — Non-relativistic quantum electrodynamics — Non-relativistic quantum electrodynamics · encyclopedic reference · source ID wp-physics-nonrelativistic_qed
arXiv — Introduction to Effective Field Theory — Introduction to Effective Field Theory · peer-reviewed review · source ID burgess-eft
Wikipedia — Quantum electrodynamics — Quantum electrodynamics · encyclopedic reference · source ID wp-physics-quantum_electrodynamics
nLab — quantum electrodynamics — quantum electrodynamics · mathematical physics reference · source ID nlab-physics-quantum_electrodynamics

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