• 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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  • 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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    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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    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 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 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    theories are important in particle physics, and include the prevailing theories of elementary particles: quantum electrodynamics, quantum chromodynamics (QCD)...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • "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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • principles are the basis for Feynman's version of quantum mechanics, general relativity and quantum field theory. The action principles have applications as...
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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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  • 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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