Canonical Quantization: Explaining the Covariance Paradox

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shereen1

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Oct 29, 2015

Hi all
I am studying Quantum Field Theory. I read the following statement :"Canonical quantisation is intrinsically not relativistically covariant. Can anyone explain why?. Although everything we did from the beginning was lorentz invariant!
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You are singling out a particular time direction when you introduce the Hamiltonian. This breaks Lorentz covariance.

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