The quantization of the pure radiation field in a uniformly moving refractive medium is carried through both in the Hamiltonian and in the symmetrical four-dimensional form. The total energy and momentum are diagonalized. For a medium velocity larger than c/n there occur photons with negative energy.
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Jauch et al. (1948) studied this question.
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