1999/03/15 by J. Lacki, J K Łacki, Lacki, J. +5
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Molecular Physics #FOS: Physical sciences #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #physics.hist-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/9903023
This paper is a "working-physicist" version of a paper to be published in Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
arxiv created 1999/03/15 · openalex publication_date 1999/03/15 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We review the history of the road to a manifestly covariant perturbative calculus within quantum electrodynamics from the early semi-classical results of the mid-twenties to the complete formalism of Stueckelberg in 1934. We chose as our case study the calculation of the cross-section of the Compton effect. We analyse Stueckelberg's paper extensively. This is our first contribution to a study of his fundamental contributions to the theoretical physics of twentieth century.