The Quantum Theory of RadiationThis introduction to the basic theory is still highly recommended and still in wide use today as both a text and a reference. 37 figures. 13 tables. |
Contents
21 PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT | 1 |
LORENTZ INVARIANCE MOMENTUM AND ENERGY OF THE FIELD | 7 |
3 FIELD OF A POINT CHARGE AND EMISSION OF LIGHT | 18 |
4 REACTION OF THE FIELD LINE BREADTH 25 | 25 |
SCATTERING ABSORPTION | 34 |
QUANTUM THEORY OF THE PURE RADIATION FIELD | 54 |
COMMUTATION AND UNCERTAINTY RELATIONS OF THE FIELD STRENGTHS | 76 |
QUANTIZATION OF THE LONGITUDINAL AND SCALAR FIELDS | 87 |
RESONANCE FLUORESCENCE | 196 |
MULTIPLE PROCESSES | 228 |
BREMSSTRAHLUNG | 243 |
CREATION OF POSITIVE ELECTRONS | 256 |
27 THE ANNIHILATION OF POSITIVE ELECTRONS | 268 |
RADIATIVE CORRECTIONS AMBIGUOUS FEATURES | 276 |
29 THE SELFENERGY OF THE ELECTRON | 294 |
30 ELECTRON IN AN EXTERNAL FIELD | 305 |
THE ELECTRON FIELD AND ITS INTERACTION | 104 |
SECOND QUANTIZATION OF THE ELECTRON FIELD | 114 |
ELECTRONS INTERACTING WITH RADIATION | 124 |
METHODS OF SOLUTION | 136 |
FREE PARTICLES | 145 |
GENERAL THEORY OF DAMPING PHENOMENA | 163 |
RADIATION PROCESSES IN FIRST APPROXIMATION | 175 |
THEORY OF THE NATURAL LINE BREADTH | 181 |
19 DISPERSION AND RAMAN EFFECT | 189 |
32 VACUUM POLARIZATION | 318 |
33 CORRECTIONS TO THE COMPTON EFFECT | 327 |
RADIATIVE CORRECTIONS TO BOUND STATES | 337 |
35 FURTHER OUTLOOK | 354 |
PENETRATING POWER OF HIGHENERGY | 362 |
38 CASCADE SHOWERS | 386 |
APPENDIX | 401 |
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