Perturbative quantum field theory in the string-inspired formalism

DOI10.1016/S0370-1573(01)00013-8zbMath0988.81108arXivhep-th/0101036WikidataQ126536828 ScholiaQ126536828MaRDI QIDQ5947901

Christian Schubert

Publication date: 23 October 2001

Published in: Physics Reports (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0101036

zbMATH Keywords

Bern-Kosower rules effective actions S-matrix elements

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

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