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An Introduction to the Worldline Technique for Quantum Field Theory Calculations

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-04-15 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

These two lectures give a pedagogical introduction to the ``string-inspired'' worldline technique for perturbative calculations in quantum field theory. This includes an overview over the present range of its applications. Several examples are calculated in detail, up to the three-loop level. The emphasis is on photon scattering in quantum electrodynamics.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9610108,
  title  = {An Introduction to the Worldline Technique for Quantum Field Theory Calculations},
  author = {Christian Schubert},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9610108},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

33 pages, 10 figures, Latex, uses din_a4, epsf and epsfig, Lectures given at XXXVI Cracow School of Theoretical Physics Zakopane 1996, minor corrections