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. |
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... matter physics R. SHANKAR 5 The triumph and limitations of quantum field theory DAVID J. 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 ...
... matter physics R. SHANKAR 5 The triumph and limitations of quantum field theory DAVID J. 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 ...
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... matter too much whether this quantum field is intrinsically quantal or is quantal only as a result of quantizing a ... matters is the asymptotic state of particles but not the interpolating field . Besides , as Borchers's theory shows ...
... matter too much whether this quantum field is intrinsically quantal or is quantal only as a result of quantizing a ... matters is the asymptotic state of particles but not the interpolating field . Besides , as Borchers's theory shows ...
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... matter physics . In contem- porary discussion , the deep connection and subtle difference between the two is a controversial subject . ' 14 In the context of QFT , the recognition that bare parameters are defined at short distances and ...
... matter physics . In contem- porary discussion , the deep connection and subtle difference between the two is a controversial subject . ' 14 In the context of QFT , the recognition that bare parameters are defined at short distances and ...
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... matter physics , the idea of renormalization group ( RG ) also describes the change of physics with scale . But what is meant by ' the change of physics with scale ' in the Kadanoff - Wilson version of RG is much richer than the scale ...
... matter physics , the idea of renormalization group ( RG ) also describes the change of physics with scale . But what is meant by ' the change of physics with scale ' in the Kadanoff - Wilson version of RG is much richer than the scale ...
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... matter physics can be regarded as merely a com- putational device , which does not represent the structural features of the physical reality , while the RG in QFT can be taken to be a representation of the scale depen- dence of ...
... matter physics can be regarded as merely a com- putational device , which does not represent the structural features of the physical reality , while the RG in QFT can be taken to be a representation of the scale depen- dence of ...
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The Structural Foundations of Quantum Gravity Dean Rickles,Steven French,Juha T. Saatsi No preview available - 2006 |