Calculation of S-matrix elements

Abstract

AbstractA method of calculating S-matrix elements is described. All factors corresponding to lines in Feynman-Dyson graphs are put in the form of scalar boson line factors acted on by certain operators and involving only the energy-momenta of external lines and particle masses. A general formula is given for the integral of a product of scalar boson factors, and the effect of a product of operators and on this result is described. The infinities appear in a different form, and it is shown how subtraction procedure can be applied to eliminate them.