Particles, Sources, and Fields, Volume 2

This volume is almost exclusively concerned with quantum electrodynamics. The topics discussed range from nomalous magnetic moments and vacuum polarization to the energy level displacements in hydrogenic atoms. This classic book (volume two of three volumes) is almost exclusively concerned with quantum electrodynamics. As such, it is retrospective in its subject matter. The topics discussed range from anomalous magnetic moments and vacuum polarization, in a variety of applications, to the energy level displacements in hydrogenic atoms, with occasional excursions into nuclear and high-energy physics. Based as it is upon the conceptually and computationally simple foundations of source theory, little in the way of formal mathematical apparatus is required, and thus most of the book is devoted to the working out of physical problems Content: Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Editorâ#x80 #x99 s Foreword Special Preface Preface Table of Contents 4: Electrodynamics I 4â#x80 #x92 1 Charged Particle Propagation Functions 4â#x80 #x92 2 A Magnetic Moment Calculation 4â#x80 #x92 3 Photon Propagation Function 4â#x80 #x92 4 Form Factors I. Scattering 4â#x80 #x92 5 Form Factors II. Single and Double Spectral Forms 4â#x80 #x92 6 Form Factors III. Spin Âư 4â#x80 #x92 7 Form Factors IV. The Deuteron 4â#x80 #x92 8 Scattering of Light by Light I. Low Frequencies 4â#x80 #x92 9 Scattering of Light by Light II. Forward Scattering 4â#x80 #x92 10 Scattering of Light by Light III. Double Spectral Forms. 4â#x80 #x92 11 H-Particle Energy Displacements. Nonrelativistic Discussion4â#x80 #x92 12 A Relativistic Scattering Calculation 4â#x80 #x92 13 Photon-Charged Particle Scattering 4â#x80 #x92 14 Non-Causal Methods 4â#x80 #x92 15 H-Particle Energy Displacements. Spin 0 Relativistic Theory 4â#x80 #x92 16 H-Particle Energy Displacements. Spin Âư Relativistic Theory I 4â#x80 #x92 17 H-Particle Energy Displacements. Spin Âư Relativistic Theory II Index. An extension of Dr. Schwinger's two previous classic works, this volume contains four sections in addition to the previous sections of Electrodynamics II, which were concerned with the two-particle problem, and applications to hydrogenic atoms, positronium, and muonium.