The Elementary Particles of Quantum Fields
The elementary particles of relativistic quantum field theory are not simple field quanta, as has long been assumed. Rather, they supplement quantum fields, on which they depend on but to which they are not reducible, as shown here with particles defined instead as a unified collection of properties...
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| description | The elementary particles of relativistic quantum field theory are not simple field quanta, as has long been assumed. Rather, they supplement quantum fields, on which they depend on but to which they are not reducible, as shown here with particles defined instead as a unified collection of properties that appear in both physical symmetry group representations and field propagators. This notion of particle provides consistency between the practice of particle physics and its basis in quantum field theory. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fbe758d788ce42329e4c5440718ee97e2023-11-22T23:14:39ZengMDPI AGEntropy1099-43002021-10-012311141610.3390/e23111416The Elementary Particles of Quantum FieldsGregg Jaeger0Quantum Communication and Measurement Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Division of Natural Science and Mathematics, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USAThe elementary particles of relativistic quantum field theory are not simple field quanta, as has long been assumed. Rather, they supplement quantum fields, on which they depend on but to which they are not reducible, as shown here with particles defined instead as a unified collection of properties that appear in both physical symmetry group representations and field propagators. This notion of particle provides consistency between the practice of particle physics and its basis in quantum field theory.https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/11/1416quantum field theoryparticlequantum fieldinterpretationreductionismontology |
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