Research Catalog

Title

The theory of photons and electrons : the relativistic quantum field theory of charged particles with spin one-half / by J.M. Jauch and F. Rohrlich.

Author

Jauch, Josef M. (Josef Maria), 1914-1974.

Publication

• Cambridge, Massachusetts : Addison-Wesley, 1955.
• ©1955

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Details

Additional Authors

Rohrlich, F.

Description

xiv, 488 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Series Statement

Addison-Wesley series in advanced physics

Uniform Title

A-W series in advanced physics.

Subject

• Quantum theory
• Photons
• Electrons
• Relativity (Physics)
• Quantum Theory
• Photons
• Electrons
• 33.50 physics of elementary particles and fields: general
• Physique
• Quantum theory
• Quantenelektrodynamik
• Quantenfeldtheorie
• Kwantumveldentheorie
• Straling
• Elektronen
• Fotonen
• Teoria Eletromagnetica
• Eletrodinamica
• Quantum electrodynamics

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliographical footnotes.

Contents

General principles -- The radiation field -- Relativistic theory of free electrons -- Interaction of radiation with electrons -- Invariance properties of the coupled fields -- Subsidiary condition and longitudinal field -- The S-matrix -- Evaluation of the S-matrix -- The divergences in the iteration solution -- Renormalization -- The photon-electron system -- The electron--electron system -- The photon-photon system -- Theory of the external field -- External field problems -- Special problems -- Appendix A1. The invariant functions -- Appendix A2. The gamma-matrices -- Appendix A3. A theorem on the representation of the extended Lorentz group by irreducible tensors -- Appendix A4. The ordering theorem -- Appendix A5. On the evaluation of certain integrals -- Appendix A6. A limiting relation for the [delta]-function -- Appendix A7. The method of analytic continuation -- Appendix A8. Notation.

LCCN

55005027

OCLC

• ocm00534609
• 534609
• SCSB-277441

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library