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Finite Quantum Electrodynamics: The Causal Approach

By Scharf G.

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
1995
ISBN
3540601422, 9783540601425
LCC
QC680 .S32 1995
Open Library ID
OL799314M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (2778421 bytes)
Series
Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Edition
2ed
Pages
420\420
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
600
Time added
2011-07-22 07:35:22

Description

In this textbook for graduate students in physics the author carefully analyses the role of causality in Q.E.D. This new approach avoids ultraviolet divergences, so that the detailed calculations of scattering processes and proofs can be carried out in a mathematically rigorous manner. Significant themes such as renormalizability, gauge invariance, unitarity, renormalization group, interacting fields and axial anomalies are discussed. The extension of the methods to non-abelian gauge theories is briefly described.The book differs considerably from its first edition: Chap. 3 on Causal Perturbation Theory was completely rewritten and Chap. 4 on Properties of the S-Matrix and Chap. 5 on Other Electromagnetic Couplings are new.

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