Daniel W. Graham

Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Field Theory

Herausgeber: Brown, Harvey R. Jr.; Harre, Rom

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Produktbeschreibung

The contributors approach QFT from a variety of standpoints. Part I offers two different interpretations of the value of studying the foundations of QFT as an area of separate metaphysical research. Parts II and III consider the metaphysical and methodological implications of such issues as the problem of the status of virtual particles; the technique of renormalization; and the role of covariance principles. Part IV examines the mathematical foundations of QFT.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 1990
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9780198242895
• ISBN-10: 0198242891
• Artikelnr.: 22210587

Inhaltsangabe

Rom Harré & Harvey Brown both of the University of Oxford: Introduction; I.
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY AS AN OBJECT OF PHILOSOPHICAL STUDY: TWO VIEWS:
Michael Redhead, University of Cambridge: A philosopher looks at quantum
field theory; James T. Cushing, University of Notre Dame: Foundational
problems in and methodological lessons from quantum field theory; II. THE
PROBLEMS OF VIRTUAL PARTICLES AND RENORMALIZATION: Robert Weingard, Rutgers
University: Virtual particles and the interpretation of quantum field
theory; Rom Harré: Parsing the amplitudes; Paul Teller, University of
Illinois: Three problems of renormalization; III. COVARIANCE PRINCIPLES IN
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY: Gordon N. Fleming, Pennsylvania State University:
Hyperplane-dependent quantized fields and Lorentz invariance; Tian-yu Cao,
Trinity College, Cambridge: Gauge theory and the geometrization of
fundamental physics; IV. MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS OF QUANTUM FIELD THEORY:
Ray F. Streater, King's College, London: Why should anyone want to
axiomatize quantum field theory?; Simon Saunders, Wolfson College, Oxford:
The algebraic notation of quantum field theory.