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Recursive Graphical Construction for Feynman Diagrams of Quantum Electrodynamics

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We present a method for a recursive graphical construction of Feynman diagrams with their correct multiplicities in quantum electrodynamics. The method is first applied to find all diagrams contributing to the vacuum energy from which all n-point functions are derived by functional differentiation with respect to electron and photon propagators, and to the interaction. Basis for our construction is a functional differential equation obeyed by the vacuum energy when considered as a functional of the free propagators and the interaction. Our method does not employ external sources in contrast to traditional approaches.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9907044,
  title  = {Recursive Graphical Construction for Feynman Diagrams of Quantum Electrodynamics},
  author = {M. Bachmann and H. Kleinert and A. Pelster},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9907044},
  year   = {2009}
}

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