Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Field TheoryTian Yu Cao Quantum field theory is a powerful language for the description of the subatomic constituents of the physical world and the laws and principles that govern them. This book contains up-to-date in-depth analyses, by a group of eminent physicists and philosophers of science, of our present understanding of its conceptual foundations, of the reasons why this understanding has to be revised so that the theory can go further, and of possible directions in which revisions may be promising and productive. These analyses will be of interest to graduate students and research workers in physics who want to know about the foundational problems of their subject. The book will also be of interest to professional philosophers, historians and sociologists of science, because it contains much material for metaphysical and methodological reflections, for historical and cultural analyses, and for sociological analyses of the way in which various factors contribute to the way the foundations are revised. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 51
Page v
... GROSS 6 Comments III SAM TREIMAN Session discussions 7 Does quantum field theory need a foundation ? SHELDON LEE GLASHOW 41 41 47 56 889 68 70 74 IV Mathematics , statistics and quantum field theory 89 8 Renormalization group theory ...
... GROSS 6 Comments III SAM TREIMAN Session discussions 7 Does quantum field theory need a foundation ? SHELDON LEE GLASHOW 41 41 47 56 889 68 70 74 IV Mathematics , statistics and quantum field theory 89 8 Renormalization group theory ...
Page vii
... ) , SIDNEY COLEMAN , SHELDON LEE GLASHOW , DAVID GROSS , STEVEN WEINBERG , ARTHUR WIGHTMAN Name index Subject index 343 357 368 387 391 Contributors Abhay Ashtekar Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry , Contents vii.
... ) , SIDNEY COLEMAN , SHELDON LEE GLASHOW , DAVID GROSS , STEVEN WEINBERG , ARTHUR WIGHTMAN Name index Subject index 343 357 368 387 391 Contributors Abhay Ashtekar Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry , Contents vii.
Page ix
... Gross Department of Physics , Princeton University , Princeton , NJ 08544-0708 , USA Richard Healey Department of Philosophy , University of Arizona , Tucson , AZ 85721 , USA Nick Huggett Department of Philosophy , University of ...
... Gross Department of Physics , Princeton University , Princeton , NJ 08544-0708 , USA Richard Healey Department of Philosophy , University of Arizona , Tucson , AZ 85721 , USA Nick Huggett Department of Philosophy , University of ...
Page xii
... Gross Silvan S. Schweber , David Gross , R. Shankar ,. xii Photographs of the conference.
... Gross Silvan S. Schweber , David Gross , R. Shankar ,. xii Photographs of the conference.
Page xiii
... Gross , R. Shankar , Sam Treiman and Arthur Arthur Jaffe , Peter Galison , Roman Jackiw , Michael E. Fisher and Howard Schnitzer Abhay Ashtekar , Carlo Rovelli , Bryce DeWitt and John. Photographs of the conference xiii.
... Gross , R. Shankar , Sam Treiman and Arthur Arthur Jaffe , Peter Galison , Roman Jackiw , Michael E. Fisher and Howard Schnitzer Abhay Ashtekar , Carlo Rovelli , Bryce DeWitt and John. Photographs of the conference xiii.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
algebra amplitude approach argument Ashtekar asymptotic basic classical concept condensed matter physics critical phenomena critical point defined degrees of freedom described Dirac discussion dynamics effective field theories Einstein electrodynamics electromagnetic electrons entities equations example exponents fact fermions Feynman diagrams finite Fisher fixed point Fock space formulation framework function gauge theories geometry gravitational field Gross Hamiltonian Hilbert space idea infinite number infinities interactions intrinsic Jackiw Kadanoff Lagrangian Landau lattice Lorentz invariance low energy manifold mathematical mean measure metric nature observables ontology operator parameters particle physics perturbation philosophers photons Phys physicists problem properties quantization quantum field theory quantum gravity quantum mechanics quantum theory quarks quasi-set question relations relativistic relativity renormalizable renormalization group RG theory S-matrix scale dependence Schrödinger sense solenoid space-time spin standard model statistical mechanics string theory structure supersymmetry symmetry theoretical theorists tion transformations understanding University vacuum variables vector Weinberg Wilson zero
References to this book
The Structural Foundations of Quantum Gravity Dean Rickles,Steven French,Juha T. Saatsi No preview available - 2006 |