Abstract

In the present paper, compact expressions are derived for the probability of photon emission by a scalar particle and for the probability of creating pairs of scalar particles in an arbitrary plane electromagnetic wave field. Based on these general expressions, the amplitude of elastic scattering of a scalar particle and the amplitude of elastic scattering of a photon are derived by the method of dispersion relations (in the first-order approximation for the fine-structure constant α0 = e2/4π). The real components of these amplitudes determine the radiative corrections for particle masses in the examined fields. Some particular cases of the plane wave field are examined. In particular, the above-indicated amplitudes in the external electromagnetic field being a superposition of a constant crossed field and a plane elliptically polarized electromagnetic wave propagating along the direction orthogonal to the magnetic and electric components of the constant crossed field are investigated. The amplitude of elastic scattering of a scalar particle in an arbitrary plane electromagnetic wave field is also obtained by direct calculations of the corresponding mass operator of the scalar particle in this field.

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