ABSTRACT

In these classic lectures, Feynman analyses the theoretical questions related to electron and photon interactions at high energies. These lectures are based on a special topics course taught by Feynman at Caltech in 1971 and 1972. The material is dealt with on an advanced level and includes discussions of vector meson dominance and deep inelastic scattering. The possible consequences of the parton model are also analyzed.

chapter 1|28 pages

General Theoretical Background

chapter 2|11 pages

Low Energy Photon Reactions

chapter 3|18 pages

Quark Model of Resonances

chapter 5|11 pages

t-Channel Exchange Phenomena

chapter 7|11 pages

Electromagnetic Form Factors

chapter 9|28 pages

Parton Model

chapter 10|7 pages

Tests of the Parton Model

chapter 12|4 pages

Light Cone Algebra

chapter 13|17 pages

Properties of Commutators in Momentum Space

chapter 14|22 pages

Electromagnetic Self Energy

chapter 15|8 pages

Other Two-Current Effects

chapter 16|8 pages

Hypotheses in the Parton Model

chapter 17|13 pages

Hadron-Hadron Collisions at Extreme Energies

chapter 19|12 pages

Partons as Quarks