Compact Lattice QED and the Coulomb Potential

Abstract

The potential energy of a static charge distribution on a lattice is rigorously computed in the standard compact quantum electrodynamic model. The method used follows closely that of Weyl for ordinary quantum electrodynamics in continuous space-time. The potential energy of the static charge distribution is independent of temperature and can be calculated from the lattice version of Poisson's equation. It is the usual Coulomb potential.

Comments: 6 pages, includes one figure in Topdrawer, NUB 3054/92