Understanding light quanta: First quantization of the free electromagnetic field
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electromagneticfieldcommutatorsfieldsphysicalquantizationbasiccalculated
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The quantization of the electromagnetic field in vacuum is presented without reference to lagrangean quantum field theory. The equal time commutators of the fields are calculated from basic principles. A physical discussion of the commutators suggest that the electromagnetic fields are macroscopic emergent properties of more fundamental physical system: the photons.
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