The self-energy of the electron: a quintessential problem in the development of QED
| dc.creator | Bovy, Jo | |
| dc.date | 2006-08-10 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T07:25:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T07:25:45Z | |
| dc.description | The development of Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) is sketched from its earliest beginnings until the formulations of 1949, using the example of the divergent self-energy of the electron as a quintessential problem of the 1930's-40's. The lack of progress towards solving this problem led researchers to believe that after the conceptual revolution of quantum mechanics a new conceptual change was needed. It took a war and a new generation of algorithmically inclined physicists to pursue the conventional route of regularization and renormalization that led to the solution in 1947-1949. Some remarks on contemporary high energy physics are made. | |
| dc.description | 19 pages, 4 figures; Submitted to Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0608108 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0608108 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/116829 | |
| dc.subject | History and Philosophy of Physics | |
| dc.title | The self-energy of the electron: a quintessential problem in the development of QED | |
| dc.type | text |