quantum field theory
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Quantum field theory is the theoretical framework in physics that combines quantum mechanics and special relativity to describe particles as excitations of underlying fields and governs their interactions.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
quantum theory
→
relativistic quantum theory → theoretical framework in physics → |
| appliedIn |
condensed matter physics
→
cosmology → nuclear physics → particle physics → |
| appliesTo |
elementary particles
→
fundamental interactions → |
| combines |
quantum mechanics
→
special relativity → |
| describes |
interactions between particles
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particle creation and annihilation → particles as excitations of fields → radiative corrections → scattering processes → vacuum fluctuations → |
| developedBy |
Abdus Salam
→
Freeman Dyson → Gerard ’t Hooft →
surface form: "Gerard 't Hooft"
Julian Schwinger → Murray Gell-Mann → Paul Dirac → Richard Feynman → Sin-Itiro Tomonaga → Steven Weinberg → |
| developedIn | 20th century → |
| includes |
conformal field theory
→
effective field theory → electroweak theory → gauge field theory → quantum chromodynamics → quantum electrodynamics → scalar field theory → spinor field theory → topological quantum field theory → |
| mathematicallyFormulatedIn |
Minkowski space-time
→
surface form: "Minkowski spacetime"
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| relatedTo | quantum statistical mechanics → |
| requires |
Lorentz invariance
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causality → unitarity → |
| underlies |
Standard Model
→
surface form: "Standard Model of particle physics"
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| usesConcept |
Feynman diagrams
→
Hilbert spaces →
surface form: "Fock space"
Lagrangian density → canonical quantization → creation and annihilation operators → gauge symmetry → Feynman path integral →
surface form: "path integral formulation"
propagators → quantum fields → renormalization → spontaneous symmetry breaking → vacuum state → virtual particles → |
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