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Ontological aspects of quantum field theory /
Quantum field theory (QFT) provides the framework for many fundamental theories in modern physics, and over the last few years there has been growing interest in its historical and philosophical foundations. This anthology on the foundations of QFT brings together 15 essays by well-known researchers...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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River Edge, N.J. :
World Scientific,
©2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Ch. 1. Introduction / Meinard Kuhlmann, Holger Lyre and Andrew Wayne
- pt. 1. Approaches to ontology. ch. 2. Candidate general ontologies for situating quantum field theory / Peter Simons
- ch. 3. 'Quanta, ' tropes, or processes: ontologies for QFT beyond the myth of substance / Johanna Seibt
- ch. 4. Analytical ontologists in action: a comment on Seibt and Simons / Meinard Kuhlmann
- ch. 5. How do field theories refer to entities in a field? / Sunny Y. Auyang
- pt. 2. Field ontologies for QFT. ch. 6. A naive view of the quantum field / Andrew Wayne
- ch. 7. Comments on Paul Teller's book, "An Interpretive Introduction to Quantum Field Theory" / Gordon Fleming
- ch. 8. So what Is the quantum field? / Paul Teller
- pt. 3. Relativity, measurement and renormalization. ch. 9. On the nature of measurement records in relativistic quantum field theory / Jeffrey A. Barrett
- ch. 10. No place for particles in relativistic quantum theories? / Hans Halvorson and Rob Clifton
- ch. 11. Events and covariance in the interpretation of quantum field theory / Dennis Dieks
- ch. 12. Measurement and ontology: what kind of evidence can we have for quantum fields? / Brigitte Falkenburg
- ch. 13. Renormalization and the disunity of science / Nick Huggett
- pt. 4. Gauge symmetries and the vacuum. ch. 14. The interpretation of gauge symmetry / Michael Redhead
- ch. 15. Comment on Redhead: the interpretation of gauge symmetry / Michael Drieschner, Tim Oliver Eynck and Holger Lyre
- ch. 16. Is the zero-point energy real? / Simon Saunders
- ch. 17. Two comments on the vacuum in algebraic quantum field theory / Miklós Rédei.