In the new edition only minor modifications have been made. Some print- ing errors have been corrected and a few clarifications have been made. In recent years the activity in relativistic many-body theory has increased con- siderably, but this field falls outside the scope of this book. A brief summary of the recent developments, however, has been included in the section on "relativistic effects" in Chap. 14. In addition, only a very limited number of references have been added, without any systematic updating of the material. Goteborg, December 1985 l. Lindgren- J. Morrison Preface to the...
In the new edition only minor modifications have been made. Some print- ing errors have been corrected and a few clarifications have been made. In rec...
This book gives a comprehensive account of relativistic many-body perturbation theory, based upon field theory. After some introductory chapters about time-independent and time dependent many-body perturbation theory (MBPT), the standard techniques of S-matrix and Green's functions are reviewed. Next, the newly introduced covariant-evolution-operator method is described, which can be used, like the S-matrix method, for calculations in quantum electrodynamics (QED). Unlike the S-matrix method, this has a structure that is similar to that of MBPT and therefore can serve as basis for a...
This book gives a comprehensive account of relativistic many-body perturbation theory, based upon field theory. After some introductory chapters ab...
This revised second edition of the author's classic text offers readers a comprehensively updated review of relativistic atomic many-body theory, covering the many developments in the field since the publication of the original title. In particular, a new final section extends the scope to cover the evaluation of QED effects for dynamical processes.
The treatment of the book is based upon quantum-field theory, and demonstrates that when the procedure is carried to all orders of perturbation theory, two-particle systems are fully compatible with the...
This revised second edition of the author's classic text offers readers a comprehensively updated review of relativistic atomic many-body t...
