ISSN:
0170-4214
Keywords:
Mathematics and Statistics
;
Applied Mathematics
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Mathematics
Notes:
Employing a special contact transformation devised by S. Lie, which takes spheres into lines, we interpret the Feynman diagrams of photon electron scattering in terms of vector systems. This gives a nice kinematic model of Compton scattering. We further compute in detail the transition probabilities of the Compton scattering process by making use of the calculus of chains of complexes from classical invariant theory rather than applying the usual Dirac-matrix technique. In the final paragraph of this paper an application of our calculations to the treatment of myon decay is indicated.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mma.1670070120
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