Quantum electrodynamics : Gribov lectures on theoretical physics /
V.N. Gribov and J. Nyiri.
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
- xi, 270 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Cambridge monographs on particle physics, nuclear physics, and cosmology ; 13 .
CONTENTS
1. Particles and their interactions in relativistic quantum mechanics The propagator The green function The scattering amplitude The electromagnetic field Plutons in an external field Free massive relativistic particles Interactions of spinless particles e.tc
2. Particles with spin 1/2. Basic quantum electrodynamics processes Free particles with spin1/2 The green function of the electron Matrix elements of electron scattering amplitudes Electron photon scattering The compton effect e.tc
3. General properties of the scattering amplitude symmetries in quatum electrodynamics The CPT theorem Causality and unitarily Unitarily e.tc
4. Renormalization. Radiative corrections Higher order corrections to the electron and photon Green functions Renormalization of the electron mass and wave function Renormalization of the photon green function e.tc
5. Difficulties of quantum electrodynamics. Renormalization and divergences The zero charge problem in quantum electrodynamics
Includes bibliographical references (p. 67) and index.