A simple explicitly solvable interacting relativistic N-particle model

Abstract

In this paper, we generalize a previous relativistic -dimensional model for two mass-less Dirac particles with contact interactions to the N-particle case. Our model is based on the notion of a multi-time wave function which, according to Dirac, is the central object in a relativistic multi-particle quantum theory in the Schrödinger picture. Consequently, we achieve a manifestly Lorentz invariant formulation on configuration space–time. Our model is constructed to be compatible with antisymmetry and probability conservation in a relativistic sense. On the mathematical side, we further develop the method of multi-time characteristics and show that uniqueness of solutions follows from probability conservation. We prove that the model is interacting and outline how one can understand the interaction as effectively given by a -potential at equal times. Finally, we answer the question of whether Lorentz invariant and probability-conserving dynamics can also be obtained when the particles are confined in a region with a non-zero minimal space-like distance, a question relevant for an extension to higher dimensions.