quantum field theory

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quantum theory relativistic quantum theory theoretical framework in physics

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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quantum field theory canonical 11
Quantum field theory 2
QFT 1

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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 ⓘ
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
relatedTo quantum statistical mechanics ⓘ
requires Lorentz invariance ⓘ
causality ⓘ
unitarity ⓘ
underlies Standard Model ⓘ
surface form: Standard Model of particle physics
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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Feynman rules → field → quantum field theory ⓘ
Fermion → isDescribedBy → quantum field theory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quantum field theory
Yukawa potential → usedIn → quantum field theory ⓘ
Klein–Gordon equation → usedIn → quantum field theory ⓘ
Dirac field → isFormulatedIn → quantum field theory ⓘ
Dirac spinors → usedIn → quantum field theory ⓘ
spin–statistics theorem → field → quantum field theory ⓘ
Planck units → usedIn → quantum field theory ⓘ
Jacobi triple product → usedIn → quantum field theory ⓘ
this entity surface form: conformal field theory
Dirac notation → usedIn → quantum field theory ⓘ
Isaac Horowitz → abbreviationAssociatedWith → quantum field theory ⓘ
this entity surface form: QFT
Isserlis’ theorem in probability theory → usedIn → quantum field theory ⓘ
subject surface form: Isserlis’ theorem
Dirac operator → usedIn → quantum field theory ⓘ
Boson → usedIn → quantum field theory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quantum field theory
Yukawa coupling → appearsIn → quantum field theory ⓘ