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Feynman Diagrams for Beginners

Physics Education 2016-02-15 v1

Abstract

We give a short introduction to Feynman diagrams, with many exercises. Text is targeted at students who had little or no prior exposure to quantum field theory. We present condensed description of single-particle Dirac equation, free quantum fields and construction of Feynman amplitude using Feynman diagrams. As an example, we give a detailed calculation of cross-section for annihilation of electron and positron into a muon pair. We also show how such calculations are done with the aid of computer.

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@article{arxiv.1602.04182,
  title  = {Feynman Diagrams for Beginners},
  author = {Kresimir Kumericki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.04182},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

24 pages, notes from Adriatic School on Particle Physics and Physics Informatics, 2001, Split, Croatia

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