Abstract
A new approach to quantum electrodynamics is considered, in which photon spin terms are incorporated phenomenologically into the equations of classical electrodynamics in such a way as to yield quantized equations in the Heisenberg picture, for which relativistic requirements are satisfied. Photon momentum and energy analyses in the new formalism are then compared to the corresponding analyses in conventional field-theoretic formalisms, and questions regarding mathematical and physical consistency are discussed. Different notations are used to distinguish between physical and Hilbert space vectors, noting that the Hilbert space of the vector wavefunction has a 3-dimensional subspace resembling physical space, mathematically, in a way that allows interesting results, which can be described by two formalisms when auxiliary notation is necessary to analyze relationships involving both kinds of vectors.
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