The Theory of Photons and Electrons The Relativistic Quantum Field T
Since the discovery of the corpuscular nature of radiation by Planck more than fifty years ago the quantum theory of radiation has gone through many stages of development which seemed to alternate between spectacular success and hopeless frustration. The
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w. Beiglbock
J. L. Birman E. H. Lieb T. Regge W. Thirring Series Editors
J.M. Jauch
F. Rohrlich
The Theory of Photons and Eledrons The Relativistic Quantum Field Theory of Charged Particles with Spin One-half Second Expanded Edition
With 64 Figures
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York 1976
1. M. Jauch
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F. Rohrlich Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
Editors
Tullio Regge Istituto di Fisica Teorica Universita di Torino, C. so M. d'Azeglio, 46 1-10125 Torino, Italy
Wolf Beiglbock
Elliott H. Lieb
Institut flir Angewandte Mathematik Universitat Heidelberg 1m Neuenheimer Feld 294 D-6900 Heidelberg 1. Fed. Rep. of Germany
Department of Physics Joseph Henry Laboratories Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08540, USA
Joseph L. Birman
Walter Thirring
Department of Physics, The City College of the City University of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA
Institut flir Theoretische Physik der Universitat Wien, Boltzmanngasse 5 A-1090 Wien, Austria
Second corrected printing 1980
ISBN-13: 978-3-642-80953-8 e-ISBN-13: 978-3-642-80951-4 001: 10.1007/978-3-642-80951-4 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data. Jauch, Josef Maria, 1914-1974. The theory ofphotons and electrons. (Texts and monographs in physics) Includes indexes. I. Quantum electrodynamics. I. Rohrlich, F., joint author. II. Title. QC680.J38 1975 530.1'43 75-8890 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically those of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, broadcasting, reproduction by photocopying machine or similar means, and storage in data banks. Under § 54 of the German Copyright Law, where copies are made for other than pr'vate use, a fee is payable to "Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort", Munich. © 1955, 1976 J. M. Jauch and F. Rohrlich
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PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION Since the discovery of the corpuscular nature of radiation by Planck more than fifty years ago the quantum theory of radiation has gone through many stages of development which seemed to alternate between spectacular success and hopeless frustration. The most recent phase started in 1947 with the discovery of the electromagnetic level shifts and the realization that the existing theory, when properly interpreted, was perfectly adequate to explain these effects to an apparently unlimited degree of accuracy. This phase has now reached a certain conclusion: for the first time in the checkered history of this field of research it has become possible to give a unified and consistent presentation of radiation theory in full conformity with the principles of relativity and quantum mechanics. To this task the present book is devoted. The plan for a book o
