Quantum Electrodynamics of Confined Nonrelativistic Particles

Advances in Mathematics

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 299-395

  Bach, Volker ^a,b   Fröhlich, Jürg ^c   Sigal, Israel Michael ^d  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ETH Hönggerberg ^*  (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Quantum electrodynamics; nonrelativistic particles; ground state; resonances; Fermi's golden rule; renormalization group

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000897346     PISSN: 00018708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/aima.1998.1734     Document Type: Article

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