The surface-Hadamard well-posedness conjecture for semiclassical electrodynamics

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Let C\mathcal C be an initial constant-time surface, let Ein\mathbf E^{\rm in} and Bin\mathbf B^{\rm in} be initial electric and magnetic fields on C\mathcal C, and let ωC\omega_{\mathcal C} be a surface Hadamard state on the CCR algebra satisfying the constraint equations ∇⋅E=4πω(ρ)\nabla\cdot\mathbf E=4\pi\omega(\rho) and ∇⋅B=0\nabla\cdot\mathbf B=0. Electrodynamical well-posedness conjecture. There exist unique fields E\mathbf E and B\mathbf B with the prescribed initial values and a state ω\omega satisfying the full semiclassical Maxwell system, with ω∘iso⁡C=ωC\omega\circ\operatorname{iso}_{\mathcal C}=\omega_{\mathcal C}. Equivalently, in Coulomb gauge, prescribed initial Ein\mathbf E^{\rm in} and Ain\mathbf A^{\rm in} satisfying the Coulomb constraint should determine unique E\mathbf E, A\mathbf A, and state. This is proposed as the semiclassical electrodynamical analogue of the Yukawa initial-value conjecture; no proof is supplied.

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Benito A. Juárez-Aubry, Bernard S. Kay, Tonatiuh Miramontes and Daniel Sudarsky, “On the initial value problem for semiclassical gravity without and with quantum state collapses”, arXiv:2205.11671 (2023).

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