Quantum Electrodynamics

This text material constitutes notes on the third of a three-semester course in quantum mechanics given at the California Institute of Technology in 1953, presenting the main results and calculational procedures of quantum electrodynamics.

Autorentext

Feynman, Richard P.

Zusammenfassung
This classic work presents the main results and calculational procedures of quantum electrodynamics in a simple and straightforward way. Designed for the student of experimental physics who does not intend to take more advanced graduate courses in theoretical physics, the material consists of notes on the third of a three-semester course given at the California Institute of Technology.

Inhalt
Editor's Foreword -- Preface -- Quantum Electrodynamics -- Interaction of Light with MatterQuantum Electrodynamics -- Résumé of the Principles and Results of Special Relativity -- Relativistic Wave Equation -- Solution of the Dirac Equation for a Free Particle -- Potential Problems in Quantum Electrodynamics -- Relativistic Treatment of the Interaction of Particles with Light -- Interaction of Several Electrons -- Discussion and Interpretation of Various Correction Terms -- Pauli Principle and the Dirac Equation -- The Theory of Positrons -- Space-Time Approach to Quantum Electrodynamics -- Appendix