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On 16 January 1953, Källén in a letter to Pauli announces a most incredible result. The letter is, as usual, in German and starts quite formally as usual, with “Sehr verehrter Herr Professor:” and then continues (translated from German):
Enclosed I am sending you the manuscript of a work, that I have just finished. I would be grateful, if you would have time to read the manuscript and inform me of your opinion. I am very well aware that the result by itself is not so interesting - presumably every one believes that the self-energy, etc. is actually infinite. Since, at the present, I can’t achieve anything better, I have written down the proof and, nonetheless, I believe I would like to publish it. Personally, I am quite happy, that I have succeeded to move a step forward – albeit a small one.
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Jarlskog, C. (2014). On the Renormalization Constants in Quantum Electrodynamics. In: Jarlskog, C. (eds) Portrait of Gunnar Källén. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00627-7_72
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