# nLab electromagnetism

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# Contents

## Idea

Electromagnetism or electrodynamics is the gauge theory whose field is the electromagnetic field, see there for more details.

The corresponding quantum field theory is quantum electrodynamics.

## References

Discussion of electromagnetism as quantum field theory on curved spacetimes originates with

and is further developed in (e.g. regarding Hadamard states) in

• K. Sanders, Claudio Dappiaggi, T.-P. Hack, Electromagnetism, local covariance, the Aharonov-Bohm effect and Gauss’ law, Commun. Math. Phys. 328(2), 625–667 (2014)

• Claudio Dappiaggi, D. Siemssen, Hadamard states for the vector potential on asymptotically flat spacetimes, Rev. Math. Phys. 25, 1 (2013)

• Claudio Dappiaggi, B. Lang, Quantization of Maxwell’s equations on curved backgrounds and general local covariance, Lett. Math. Phys. 101(3), 265–287 (2012)

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