Common integrals in quantum field theory are all variations and generalizations of Gaussian integrals to the complex plane and to multiple dimensions...
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In theoretical physics, quantum field theory (QFT) is a theoretical framework that combines field theory and the principle of relativity with ideas behind...
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Lorentzian theory. On the other hand, it is much more difficult to give a meaning to path integrals (even Euclidean path integrals) in quantum field theory than...
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These integrals turn up in subjects such as quantum field theory. Mathematics portal Physics portal List of integrals of Gaussian functions Common integrals...
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A conformal field theory (CFT) is a quantum field theory that is invariant under conformal transformations. In two dimensions, there is an infinite-dimensional...
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of all quantum physics, which includes quantum chemistry, quantum field theory, quantum technology, and quantum information science. Quantum mechanics...
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forces of nature are described within the framework of quantum mechanics and quantum field theory: the electromagnetic interaction, the strong force, and...
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theory is used in a wide range of fields and reaches its most sophisticated and advanced forms in quantum field theory. Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics)...
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In particle physics, quantum electrodynamics (QED) is the relativistic quantum field theory of electrodynamics. In essence, it describes how light and...
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In physics, an effective field theory is a type of approximation, or effective theory, for an underlying physical theory, such as a quantum field theory...
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In quantum field theory, a sum rule is a relation between a static quantity and an integral over a dynamical quantity. Therefore, they have a form such...
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In particle physics, the history of quantum field theory starts with its creation by Paul Dirac, when he attempted to quantize the electromagnetic field...
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In theoretical physics, scalar field theory can refer to a relativistically invariant classical or quantum theory of scalar fields. A scalar field is invariant...
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mathematical theory. The Lagrangians presented here are identical to their quantum equivalents, but, in treating the fields as classical fields, instead of...
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quantum mechanics or more specifically quantum field theory, which describes the other three fundamental forces that act on the atomic scale. Quantum...
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theories are important in particle physics, and include the prevailing theories of elementary particles: quantum electrodynamics, quantum chromodynamics (QCD)...
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to handle the multi-dimensional integrals that arise in the different formulations of the many-body problem. Quantum Monte Carlo methods allow for a direct...
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of the theory. QBism deals with common questions in the interpretation of quantum theory about the nature of wavefunction superposition, quantum measurement...
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Klein–Gordon equation (redirect from Klein-Gordon field)
"Lectures on Quantum Field Theory, Lecture 1, Section 1.1.1". Retrieved 2012-01-16. Fulling, S. A. (1996). Aspects of Quantum Field Theory in Curved Space–Time...
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equations in the theory of quantum mechanics. A fundamental physical constant occurring in quantum mechanics is the Planck constant, h. A common abbreviation...
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Static forces and virtual-particle exchange (category Quantum field theory)
charge or a mass. The integral can be written (see Common integrals in quantum field theory § Integrals with differential operators in the argument) Z ∝ exp...
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Feynman diagram (category Quantum field theory)
diagrams apply primarily to quantum field theory, they can be used in other areas of physics, such as solid-state theory. Frank Wilczek wrote that the...
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classical theory led to a revolution in physics, a shift in the original scientific paradigm: the development of quantum mechanics. Many aspects of quantum mechanics...
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Many-worlds interpretation (redirect from Everettian quantum theory)
collapse is explained by the mechanism of quantum decoherence. Decoherence approaches to interpreting quantum theory have been widely explored and developed...
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Relativistic wave equations (redirect from Relativistic quantum field equations)
comparable to the speed of light. In the context of quantum field theory (QFT), the equations determine the dynamics of quantum fields. The solutions to the equations...
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In physics and probability theory, Mean-field theory (MFT) or Self-consistent field theory studies the behavior of high-dimensional random (stochastic)...
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In quantum field theory, correlation functions, often referred to as correlators or Green's functions, are vacuum expectation values of time-ordered products...
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Quantum chemistry, also called molecular quantum mechanics, is a branch of physical chemistry focused on the application of quantum mechanics to chemical...
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context of quantum mechanics, relativistic quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, and with applications in the mathematical formulation of the standard...
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time independence and quantum vacuum states in quantum field theory. As a tool for physics, quantum states grew out of states in classical mechanics. A...
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