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On the divergence difficulty of quantized field theories and the rigorous treatment of radiation reaction : with related additional papers

By an orthodox application of the perturbation theory to the general case of a quantized field, it is shown that the divergence difficulty hitherto encountered arises from a faulty application of the expansion method. The difficulty disappears if the degeneracy of the unperturbed system is properly treated by the method of secular perturbation. Physically, it is shown that this amounts to a rigorous treatment of the radiation reaction.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:620816
Date January 1945
CreatorsPeng, Hwan-Wu
PublisherUniversity of Edinburgh
Source SetsEthos UK
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
Sourcehttp://hdl.handle.net/1842/9418

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