Spectral renormalization group and local decay in the standard model of non-relativistic quantum electrodynamics

Reviews in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-209

  FrÖhlich, Jürg ^a,b   Griesemer, Marcel ^c   Sigal, Israel Michael ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUT DES HAUTES ÉTUDES SCIENTIFIQUES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

emission and absorption of light; local decay; Non relativistic quantum electrodynamics; renormalization group; scattering theory; spectral theory; theory of radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953724060     PISSN: 0129055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129055X11004266     Document Type: Article

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