Feynman Diagrams

Abstract

Having established the three pillars of the formalism in the two foregoing chapters, we now can fully implement the diagrammatic approach to the PT expansion of the electron propagator. Specifically, we derive and formulate a list of rules for drawing and evaluating Feynman diagrams (Sect. 6.1). Adopting a HF one-particle representation leads to a considerable reduction of the number of diagrams to be considered, which will be discussed in Sect. 6.2. The systematic construction of higher-order diagrams is greatly facilitated by using the compact Abrikosov notation, in which sets of related Feynman diagrams can be incorporated within individual Abrikosov diagrams (Sect. 6.3). Abrikosov diagrams can be represented by specific matrices, which allows for the algorithmic construction of higher-order diagrams in a systematical way.