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An Interpretive Introduction to Quantum Field Theory
Paul Teller
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Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik / Naturwissenschaften allgemein
Beschreibung
Quantum mechanics is a subject that has captured the imagination of a surprisingly broad range of thinkers, including many philosophers of science. Quantum field theory, however, is a subject that has been discussed mostly by physicists. This is the first book to present quantum field theory in a manner that makes it accessible to philosophers. Because it presents a lucid view of the theory and debates that surround the theory, An Interpretive Introduction to Quantum Field Theory will interest students of physics as well as students of philosophy.
Paul Teller presents the basic ideas of quantum field theory in a way that is understandable to readers who are familiar with non-relativistic quantum mechanics. He provides information about the physics of the theory without calculational detail, and he enlightens readers on how to think about the theory physically. Along the way, he dismantles some popular myths and clarifies the novel ways in which quantum field theory is both a theory about fields and about particles. His goal is to raise questions about the philosophical implications of the theory and to offer some tentative interpretive views of his own. This provocative and thoughtful book challenges philosophers to extend their thinking beyond the realm of quantum mechanics and it challenges physicists to consider the philosophical issues that their explorations have encouraged.
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Philosophy of science, First quantization, Virtual particle, Quantum superposition, Quantum electrodynamics, Bose–Einstein statistics, Uncertainty principle, Conjugate variables, Quantum number, Dirac equation, Foundations of Physics, Fock space, Maxwell–Boltzmann statistics, Electromagnetic field, Gauge theory, Photon, Eigenfunction, Quantization of the electromagnetic field, Renormalization, Heisenberg picture, Harmonic oscillator, Classical electromagnetism, Probability theory, Introduction to quantum mechanics, Degrees of freedom (mechanics), Infinitesimal generator (stochastic processes), Fermion, Scientific theory, Idealization, S-matrix theory, Classical field theory, Dirac spinor, Neutrino, Vacuum expectation value, Hidden variable theory, Quantum statistical mechanics, Second quantization, Special relativity, Quantum field theory, Spin–statistics theorem, Probability, Field (physics), Particle physics, Schrödinger equation, Haag's theorem, Classical physics, Hilbert space, Wave–particle duality, Expectation value (quantum mechanics), Magnetic susceptibility, Interpretations of quantum mechanics, Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics), Fermi–Dirac statistics, Momentum operator, Scalar (physics), Test particle, Lagrangian (field theory), Statistical mechanics, Quantum chromodynamics, Quantum system, Theoretical physics, Theory, Quantity, Klein–Gordon equation, Relativistic wave equations, Quantum state, Classical mechanics, Particle detector, Physicist, Quantum mechanics