S‐Operator Theory. I. Formulation

Autor: Robert E. Pugh
Rok vydání: 1965
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Zdroj: Journal of Mathematical Physics. 6:740-746
ISSN: 1089-7658
0022-2488
DOI: 10.1063/1.1704331
Popis: It is postulated that the S operator is dynamically independent of the wavefunctions of the asymptotic states. From this postulate a functional differential equation for the S operator is developed. Its solutions include both the renormalized and unrenormalized Feynman‐Dyson S operators; appropriate boundary conditions distinguish the two solutions. Interpolating quantum fields are defined in terms of the S operator and are only of secondary importance in this theory. Calculations in this theory are not appreciably more difficult than the corresponding calculations with the unrenormalized S operator.
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