On the quantal nature of the Coulomb field
Volume 41 / 1997
Banach Center Publications 41 (1997), 257-262
DOI: 10.4064/-41-2-257-262
Abstract
It is shown that the total electric charge, as determined from the Gauss law, is a quantum object. The argument is based on elementary considerations concerning the number of photons, which should be large in a classical situation.
