Re: Question About Charged Particles.

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@HEP.ANL.GOV>]

        It is not a question of being smart.  It is a question of taking
the time to think deeply.  So why don't you spend a couple of days
thinking about our exchange.
                        Regards,
                                        Jack



 On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, Robert B Zannelli wrote:

> In a message dated 4/7/01 6:22:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jlu@HEP.ANL.GOV
> writes:
>
> << But you are now specifying the formalism in which you want an
>  answer.  So write down the Dirac equation withe massless electrons coupled
>  to electromagnetism, calculate the lowest order corrections to the mass
>  (see, e.g., Appendix B of Schwinger, Phys Rev 82 (1951) 664-679) and let
>  us know the answer which you can read out of Eq. B.15.
>   >>
> If I had this reference handy I may not have asked the question. I don't
> think the answer to this question is as straight forward as you are implying
> here. Nor do I think it's a stupid question that a quick application of
> Schwinger from physical review would quickly answer. All right you are VERY
> VERY SMART and I am dumber than a doorbell. What's the answer if you know
> what it is?
>
> Bob Zannelli
>
> PS If this is a state secret and you are a Government Scientist I promise to
> eat the email right after I read it.

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