Quantum electrodynamics based on self-energy: Lamb shift and spontaneous emission without field quantization

A. O. Barut and J. F. Van Huele
Phys. Rev. A 32, 3187 – Published 1 December 1985
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Abstract

The theory of radiative processes in quantum theory is formulated on the basis of self-energy, in analogy to classical radiation theory, and is explicitly carried out for the calculation of the Lamb shift and spontaneous emission.

  • Received 2 July 1985

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.32.3187

©1985 American Physical Society

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A. O. Barut

  • Département de Physique Théorique, Université de Genève, 1211 Genève 4, Switzerland

J. F. Van Huele

  • Theoretische Natuurkunde, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussel, Belgium

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Vol. 32, Iss. 6 — December 1985

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