Quantum Electrodynamics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-iv

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2. Introduction

   • P. Urban

   Pages 1-1

3. An Introduction to Theories of Integration over Function Spaces

   • L. Streit

   Pages 2-21

4. High Energy Quantum Electrodynamics I

   • H. Mitter

   Pages 22-51

5. Quantumelectrodynamics with Functional Calculus

   • J. Wess

   Pages 52-69

6. Theory of Laser Radiation

   • W. Thirring

   Pages 70-78

7. Non-Local Quantumelectrodynamics

   • M. Lévy

   Pages 79-90

8. Theoretical and Experimental Status of Quantumelectrodynamics

   • J. D. Björken

   Pages 91-108

9. High Energy Quantumelectrodynamics II

   • K. Johnson

   Pages 109-132

10. Review of Consistency Problems in Quantum Electrodynamics

    • Gunnar Källén

    Pages 133-161

11. S-Matrix Theory of Electromagnetic Interactions

    • A. O. Barut

    Pages 162-204

12. Electromagnetic Properties of Hadrons in the Static S U ₆ Model

    • W. Thirring

    Pages 205-211

13. Theories with Gauge Groups

    • Bruno Zumino

    Pages 212-233

14. The Zero Mass Limit of a Charged Particle in Quantum Electrodynamics

    • M. Nauenberg

    Pages 234-238

15. Summary

    • J. D. Björken

    Pages 239-245

Whereas then' has been significant progress in various branches of elementary particle physics during the last decade or so, Quantum Electrodynamics seems to be in a somewhat stagnating phase. For people not involved in sophisticated questions of relativistic field theories the situation might appear as not very di(:ltinct from the time, when Schwinger, Feynman and Dyson publishl'ld their famous articles in the early 1950's. Only some arguments against the possibility of a finite Quantum Electrodynamics (1953) has caused a significant reaction and initiated a rather vehement discussion. In connection with these questions about the consistency of Quantum Electrodynamics there arises the problem of the high energy behaviour of the theory, since higher and higher energies will be available in future experiments. For these reasons I thought it quite useful to choose Quantum Electrodynamics at high energies as subject of this year's meetings and hope to meet the demands of both experimental and theoretical physi­ cists working in this field. Graz, October, 1965.

• dynamics
• electrodynamics
• energy
• hadron
• laser
• radiation

• Graz, Austria

  Paul Urban

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