THE S-MATRIX IN QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
THE S-MATRIX IN QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
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DOI:
10.1103/physrev.75.1736
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发表时间:
1949-01-01
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DYSON, FJ
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DYSON, FJ
The covariant quantum electrodynamics of Tomonaga, Schwinger, and Feynman is used as the basis for a general treatment of scattering problems involving electrons, positrons, and photons. Scattering processes, including the creation and annihilation of particles, are completely described by the S matrix of Heisenberg. It is shown that the elements of this matrix can be calculated, by a consistent use of perturbation theory, to any desired order in the fine-structure constant. Detailed rules are given for carrying out such calculations, and it is shown that divergences arising from higher order radiative corrections can be removed from the S matrix by a consistent use of the ideas of mass and charge renormalization.