The energy-momentum relation of a free particle is (in SI Units):
m2c4=−c2→p2+E2
Minimal coupling is a way to fix a gauge freedom for the choice of canonical momentum (which I can in special relativity give as pμ=(Ecpxpypz). One way to write the minimal coupling would be by writing the canonical momentum now as:
pμ=(E−eΦcpx+Axpy+Axpz+Az)
(Here I emply kind of a relativistic hamiltonian formalism, where the movement of a particle in space time, parameterised by s, is given by the hamiltonian λ(m2+pμpμ), with λ being an abitrary positive function of s, that describes how fast the path in space time is gone through).
Does this mean that I can generalize the energy-momentum relation to: m2c4=−c2(→p+→A)2+(E−eΦ)2 ?
If I solve this for E for →A=0, it resolves to: E=eΦ+√m2c4+c2p2
which to me seems plausible, and that's why I'm asking.
Edit: the question is not only wether the modified relation holds, but also wether the reasoning behind is right.
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