Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory (also called the Wheeler–Feynman time-symmetric theory), named after its originators, the physicists Richard Feynman and...
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and John Robert Schrieffer in 1957. Feynman, inspired by a desire to quantize the Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory of electrodynamics, laid the groundwork...
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Path integral formulation (redirect from Feynman's path integral)
desire to obtain a quantum-mechanical formulation for the Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory using a Lagrangian (rather than a Hamiltonian) as a starting...
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theory was inspired by the Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory for electrodynamics. When Richard Feynman, as a graduate student, lectured on the Wheeler–Feynman...
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quantum mechanics Topological quantum field theory Ward–Takahashi identity Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory Wigner's classification Wigner's theorem Peskin...
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slightly nervous presentation of his graduate work on the Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory in front of Albert Einstein, Wolfgang Pauli, Henry Norris Russell...
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Feynman sprinkler Heaviside–Feynman formula Hellmann–Feynman theorem Stückelberg–Feynman interpretation Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory 7495 Feynman,...
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Field energy and field momentum Electromagnetic mass (ref. to Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory) The motion of charges in electric and magnetic fields The...
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Maxwell's equations (redirect from Maxwell's theory)
Riemann–Silberstein vector Spacetime algebra Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory Electric and magnetic fields, according to the theory of relativity, are the components...
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The Bethe–Feynman efficiency formula, a simple method for calculating the yield of a fission bomb, was first derived in 1943 after development in 1942...
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World War II. Wheeler also worked with Niels Bohr to explain the basic principles of nuclear fission. Together with Gregory Breit, Wheeler developed the...
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Transactional interpretation (category Quantum field theory)
explored in the Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory. Cramer revived their idea of two waves for his transactional interpretation of quantum theory. While the ordinary...
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One-electron universe (category Richard Feynman)
universe postulate, proposed by theoretical physicist John Wheeler in a telephone call to Richard Feynman in the spring of 1940, is the hypothesis that all electrons...
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Electromagnetism (redirect from Electromagnetic theory)
Magnetoquasistatic field Optics Relativistic electromagnetism Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory Meyer, Herbert (1972). A History of Electricity and Magnetism...
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issue without a theory of quantum gravity to join quantum mechanics and general relativity into a completely unified theory.: 150 The theory of general relativity...
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Interpretations of quantum mechanics (redirect from Interpretation of quantum theory)
is an interpretation of quantum mechanics inspired by the Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory. It describes the collapse of the wave function as resulting...
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derived from the Darwin Lagrangian but later vindicated by the Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory and eventually quantum electrodynamics. The Breit equation...
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Infinity (1996 film) (redirect from Infinity: The Richard Feynman Story)
American biographical film about the romantic life of physicist Richard Feynman. Feynman was played by Matthew Broderick, who also directed and co-produced...
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Quantum electrodynamics (category Quantum field theory)
Schwinger–Dyson equation Vacuum polarization Vertex function Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory R. P. Feynman (1949). "Space–Time Approach to Quantum Electrodynamics"...
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Causality (redirect from Cause and effect theory)
understanding that came with knowledge of Minkowski geometry and the special theory of relativity, that the notion of causality can be used as a prior foundation...
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The Challenger Disaster (redirect from Feynman and the Challenger)
Challenger Disaster) is a 2013 TV movie starring William Hurt about Richard Feynman's investigation into the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. The film...
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far field Quantum teleportation SETI Institute Synchronicity Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory Perkowitz, Sidney (2011). Slow Light: Invisibility, Teleportation...
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descriptions of the electromagnetic field Weber electrodynamics Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory Fundamental physical aspects of classical electrodynamics are...
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In quantum mechanics, the Hellmann–Feynman theorem relates the derivative of the total energy with respect to a parameter to the expectation value of...
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particle's jerk and to the square of its charge. The Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory is a more advanced theory, applicable in a relativistic and quantum environment...
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Faster-than-light (category Theory of relativity)
Intergalactic travel Krasnikov tube Slow light Variable speed of light Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory Gravitational lens Event horizon of a black hole "Quantum-tunnelling...
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calculations. Feynman diagrams have revolutionized nearly every aspect of theoretical physics." While the diagrams apply primarily to quantum field theory, they...
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Two-state vector formalism (section Theory)
symmetry with the Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory by Richard Feynman and John Archibald Wheeler and with the time-symmetric theories of Kenneth B. Wharton...
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cryptography Quantum nonlocality Heisenberg uncertainty principle Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory Bennett, Charles H.; Brassard, Gilles; Crépeau, Claude; Jozsa...
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Tachyon (category String theory)
luxon Retrocausality Tachyonic antitelephone Virtual particle Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory Tipler, Paul A.; Llewellyn, Ralph A. (2008). Modern Physics...
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