Peng, Hwan-Wu

2014-09-16T14:04:43Z

2014-09-16T14:04:43Z

1945-04

By an orthodox application of the perturbation theory to the general case of a quantized field, it is shown that the divergence difficulty hitherto encountered arises from a faulty application of the expansion method. The difficulty disappears if the degeneracy of the unperturbed system is properly treated by the method of secular perturbation. Physically, it is shown that this amounts to a rigorous treatment of the radiation reaction.

On the divergence difficulty of quantized field theories and the rigorous treatment of radiation reaction || Anomalous Scattering of Mesons / W. Heitler and H.W. Peng. Reprinted from The Physical Review, Vol. 62, Nos. 1 and 2, 81-82, July 1 and 15, 1942 || On the production of mesons by proton-proton collisions / W. Heitler and H.W. Peng. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Vol. XLIX, Section A, No. 7 || On the Production of Mesons by Light Quanta and Related Processes / by J. Hamilton and H. W. Peng. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Vol. XLIX, Section A, No. 11 || On the cascade production of mesons / H. W. Peng. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Vol. XLIX, Section A, No. 14 || Theory of cosmic-ray mesons / J. Hamilton, W. Heitler, and H. W. Peng. Reprinted from The Physical Review, Vol. 64, Nos. 3 and 4, 78-94, August 1 and 15, 1943 || Quantum Mechanics of Fields. 1. Pure Fields / by Professor Max Born, F.R.S., and H. W. Peng. [Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics. Volume 62, Issue 1, 1944 , pp. 40-57] || Statistical mechanics of fields and the 'apeiron'. Reprinted from Nature, vol. 153, page 164, February 5, 1944 || Quantum Mechanics of Fields. 11. Statistics of Pure Fields / by Professor Max Born, F.R.S., and H. W. Peng. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics. Volume LXII, Part 1 (no. 12) || Quantum Mechanics of Fields. Ill. Electromagnetic Field and Electron Field in Interaction / by Professor Max Born, F.R.S., and H. W. Peng. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics. Volume LXII, Part II (no. 15) || The Divergence Difficulty of Quantized Field Theories. Reprinted from Nature, vol. 154, page 544, October 28, 1944.

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Anomalous scattering of mesons. W. Heitler and H.W. Peng. The physical review, vol.62, nos. 1 and 2, 81-82, July 1 and 15, I942

On the production of mesons by proton-proton collisions. W. Heitler and H.W. Peng. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, vol. xlix, section A, no.7

On the production of mesons by light quanta and related processes. W. Heitler and H.W. Peng. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, vol. xlix, section A, no.11

On the cascade production of mesons. H.W. Peng. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, vol. xlix, section A, no.14

Theory of cosmic-ray mesons. J. Hamilton, W. Heitler, and H.W. Peng. The physical review. Vol. 64, nos. 3 and 4, 78-94, August 1 and 15, 1943.

Quantum mechanics of fields. 1. Pure fields. Max Born and H.W. Peng. December 2, 1943

Statistical mechanics of fields and the 'Apeiron'. Max Born, H.W. Peng. Nature, vol.153, February 5, 1944

Quantum mechanics of fields. 2. Statistics of pure fields. Max Born and H.W. Peng. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section A. Vol. LXII, part 1 (no.12) 1944.

Quantum mechanics of fields. 3. Electromagnetic field and electron field in interaction. Max Born and H.W. Peng. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section A. Vol. LXII, part 2 (no.15) 1944.

The divergence difficulty of quantized field theories. H.W. Peng. Nature, vol.154, October 28, 1944

Divergence difficulty

Perturbation theory

Radiation reaction

On the divergence difficulty of quantized field theories and the rigorous treatment of radiation reaction : with related additional papers

Thesis or Dissertation

Doctoral

DSc Doctor of Science