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Adiabatic theorem
Annihilation
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Author_Robert J. Gould
Available energy (particle collision)
Bessel function
Bhabha scattering
Born approximation
Bremsstrahlung
Calculation
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Classical electromagnetism
Classical electron radius
Classical limit
Compton scattering
Coulomb wave function
Creation and annihilation operators
Dirac equation
Einstein notation
Elastic scattering
Elementary particle
Energy level
Energy-momentum relation
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Equation
Fermi's golden rule
Feynman diagram
Gamma matrices
Gauge theory
Imaginary time
Inelastic scattering
Infrared divergence
Interaction picture
Klein-Gordon equation
Lamb shift
Lorentz covariance
Mass-energy equivalence
Massless particle
Minkowski space
Momentum transfer
Multipole expansion
Nucleon
Operator (physics)
Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics)
Photon
Photon energy
Photon gas
Positron
Probability
Propagator
Quantum electrodynamics
Quantum mechanics
Raman scattering
Relative velocity
Relativistic particle
Renormalization
Rutherford scattering
Scattering
Schrodinger equation
Self-energy
Singlet state
Special relativity
Spin (physics)
Stimulated emission
Superposition principle
Thomson scattering
Threshold energy
Triplet state
Units of energy
Virtual particle
Wave function
Wave vector
WKB approximation
Product details
- ISBN 9780691124445
- Weight: 425g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 11 Dec 2005
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book provides an understanding of the theoretical foundations for the calculation of electromagnetic processes. Photon production processes are particularly important in astrophysics, since almost all of our knowledge of distant astronomical objects comes from the detection of radiation from these sources. Further, the conditions therein are extremely varied and a wide variety of naturally occurring electromagnetic phenomena can be described by limiting forms of the basic theory. The first chapter reviews some basic principles that are the underpinnings for a general description of electromagnetic phenomena, such as special relativity and, especially, relativistic covariance. Classical and quantum electrodynamics (QED) are then formulated in the next two chapters, followed by applications to three basic processes (Coulomb scattering, Compton scattering, and bremsstrahlung). These processes are related to other phenomena, such as pair production, and the comparisons are discussed. A unique feature of the book is its thorough discussion of the nonrelativistic limit of QED, which is simpler than the relativistic theory in its formulation and applications.
The methods of the relativistic theory are introduced and applied through the use of notions of covariance, to provide a shorter path to the more general theory. The book will be useful for graduate students working in astrophysics and in certain areas of particle physics.
Robert J. Gould is Research Professor of Physics at the University of California, San Diego. His research focuses on atomic, nuclear, and particle processes; statistical mechanics; and applications of astrophysics.
