Eur. Phys. J. H 44, 349–369 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjh/e2019-100025-2
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjh/e2019-100025-2
The magic of Feynman’s QED: from field-less electrodynamics to the Feynman diagrams
UMR SPHere, CNRS,
Paris, France
a e-mail: darrigol@paris7.jussieu.fr
Received:
17
June
2019
Received in final form:
8
August
2019
Published online: 15 October 2019
For some time, even after the Feynman diagrams and rules were publicly known, the foundations of Feynman’s quantum electrodynamics remained mostly private. Its stupendous efficiency then appeared like magic to most of his competitors. The purpose of this essay is to reveal the hidden contrivances of this magic, in a journey from field-less electrodynamics to the Feynman diagrams.
© EDP Sciences, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature, 2019
