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| Preface |
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Interaction of Light with Matter--Quantum Electrodynamics |
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3 | (20) |
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Discussion of Fermi's method |
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3 | (1) |
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Laws of Quantum electrodynamics |
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4 | (19) |
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Resume of the Principles and Results of Special Relativity |
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23 | (11) |
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Solution of the Maxwell equation in empty space |
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28 | (2) |
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Relativistic particle mechanics |
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30 | (4) |
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Relativistic Wave Equation |
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34 | (22) |
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34 | (1) |
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Klein-Gordon, Pauli, and Dirac equations |
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34 | (6) |
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Algebra of the Gamma matrices |
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40 | (4) |
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Equivalence transformation |
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44 | (1) |
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44 | (1) |
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Hamiltonian form of the Dirac equation |
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45 | (5) |
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Nonrelativistic approximation to the Dirac equation |
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50 | (6) |
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Solution of the Dirac Equation for a Free Particle |
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56 | (15) |
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Definition of the spin of a moving electron |
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60 | (2) |
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Normalization of the wave functions |
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62 | (3) |
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Methods of obtaining matrix elements |
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65 | (1) |
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Interpretation of negative energy states |
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66 | (5) |
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Potential Problems in Quantum Electrodynamics |
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71 | (20) |
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Pair creation and annihilation |
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71 | (1) |
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72 | (1) |
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72 | (4) |
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Use of the kernel K(+) (2, 1) |
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76 | (1) |
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77 | (1) |
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Scattering of an electron from a coulomb potential |
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78 | (3) |
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Calculation of the propagation kernel for a free particle |
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81 | (6) |
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87 | (4) |
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Relativistic Treatment of the Interaction of Particles with Light |
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91 | (27) |
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92 | (1) |
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Scattering of gamma rays by atomic electrons |
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92 | (2) |
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Digression on the density of final states |
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94 | (1) |
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95 | (9) |
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Two-photon pair annihilation |
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104 | (2) |
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Positron annihilation from rest |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (4) |
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111 | (1) |
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A method of summing matrix elements over spin states |
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112 | (3) |
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Effects of screening of the coulomb field in atoms |
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115 | (3) |
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Interaction of Several Electron |
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118 | (10) |
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Derivation of the "rules" of quantum electrodynamics |
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122 | (2) |
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Electron-electron scattering |
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124 | (4) |
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Discussion and Interpretation of Various "Correction" Terms |
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128 | (34) |
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Electron-electron interaction |
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128 | (3) |
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Electron-positron interaction |
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131 | (1) |
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132 | (2) |
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Two-photon exchange between electrons and/or positrons |
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134 | (1) |
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Self-energy of the electron |
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135 | (4) |
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Method of integration of integrals appearing in quantum electrodynamics |
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139 | (1) |
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Self-energy integral with an external potential |
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140 | (2) |
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Scattering in an external potential |
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142 | (8) |
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Resolution of the fictitious "infared catastrophe" |
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150 | (2) |
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Another approach to the infared difficulty |
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152 | (1) |
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Effect on an atomic electron |
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153 | (4) |
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Closed-loop processes, vacuum polarization |
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157 | (2) |
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Scattering of light by a potential |
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159 | (3) |
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Pauli Principle and the Dirac Equation |
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162 | (3) |
| Reprints |
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| Summary of Numerical Factors for Transition Probabilities. Phys. Rev., 84, 123 (1951) |
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165 | (2) |
| The Theory of Positrons. Phys. Rev., 76, 749-759 (1949) |
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167 | (11) |
| Space-Time Approach to Quantum Electrodynamics. Phys. Rev., 76, 769-789 (1949) |
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