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13–17 May 2024
University of Pittsburgh / Carnegie Mellon University
US/Eastern timezone

The Constructive Method for Massive Particles in QED

14 May 2024, 17:00
15m
David Lawrence Hall 104 (University of Pittsburgh)

David Lawrence Hall 104

University of Pittsburgh

Quantum Field & String Theory Quantum Field & String Theory

Speaker

Hsing-Yi Lai

Description

The constructive method of determining amplitudes from on-shell pole structure has been shown to be promising for calculating amplitudes in a more efficient way. However, challenges have been encountered when a massless internal photon is involved in the gluing of three-point amplitudes with massive external particles. In this talk, I will describe how to use the original on-shell method, old-fashioned perturbation theory, to shed light on the constructive method, and show that one can derive the Feynman amplitude by correctly identifying the residue even when there is an internal photon involved.

Authors

Dr Da Liu (University of Pittsburgh) Hsing-Yi Lai John Lee Kenneth Terning (University of California (UCD))

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