Peccei–Quinn theory is a well-known, long-standing proposal for the resolution of the strong CP problem formulated by Roberto Peccei and Helen Quinn in...
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both fields. Her contributions to theoretical physics include the Peccei–Quinn theory which implies a corresponding symmetry of nature(related to matter-antimatter...
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formulating the Peccei–Quinn theory (with Helen Quinn), which attempts to resolve the strong CP problem in particle physics. Peccei was a vice chancellor...
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Strong CP problem (section Theory)
solutions to solve the strong CP problem. The most well-known is Peccei–Quinn theory, involving new pseudoscalar particles called axions. CP-symmetry...
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Dark matter (redirect from Dark matter theory)
independently by Frank Wilczek and Steven Weinberg as the Goldstone boson of Peccei–Quinn theory, which had been proposed in 1977 to solve the strong CP problem in...
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independently by Frank Wilczek and Steven Weinberg as the Goldstone boson of Peccei–Quinn theory, which had been proposed in 1977 to solve the strong CP problem in...
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together with the axino and the axion, in supersymmetric extensions of Peccei–Quinn theory. The predicted bosinos (spin 1⁄2) are Just as the photon, Z and W±...
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nuclear interaction invariant to parity and charge conjugation? Is Peccei–Quinn theory the solution to this problem? Could axions be the main component...
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action for strings that eliminates the square root. PQ Peccei–Quinn, as in Peccei–Quinn theory. pQCD PQCD Perturbative quantum chromodynamics. prepotential...
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Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (category Supersymmetric quantum field theory)
superpotential would have a U(1)' symmetry, so-called Peccei–Quinn symmetry; see Peccei–Quinn theory. This additional symmetry would alter the phenomenology...
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Standard Model Peccei–Quinn theory Preon Standard-Model Extension Supergravity Seesaw mechanism Supersymmetry Superfluid vacuum theory String theory Technicolor...
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parameter, and his popular Quantum Field Theory textbook with Daniel Schroeder Helen Quinn, known for Peccei–Quinn theory which earned her the 2010 Dirac Medal...
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CP violation (category Quantum field theory)
well-known is Peccei–Quinn theory, involving new scalar particles called axions. A newer, more radical approach not requiring the axion is a theory involving...
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In physics, a gauge theory is a type of field theory in which the Lagrangian, and hence the dynamics of the system itself, does not change under local...
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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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Unsolved problem in physics Yang–Mills theory and the mass gap. Quantum particles described by the theory have mass but the classical waves of the field...
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Axino (category Supersymmetric quantum field theory)
hypothetical elementary particle predicted by some theories of particle physics. Peccei–Quinn theory attempts to explain the observed phenomenon known...
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vacuum misalignment mechanism which is a hypothesized effect in the Peccei–Quinn theory proposed solution to the strong-CP problem in quantum mechanics....
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Women in physics (section Physical models and theories)
Helen Quinn develops the Peccei–Quinn theory as one of the first possible solutions to the strong CP problem, in collaboration with Roberto Peccei. 1978:...
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Wightman axioms (redirect from Haag-Ruelle scattering theory)
field theory. Arthur Wightman formulated the axioms in the early 1950s, but they were first published only in 1964 after Haag–Ruelle scattering theory affirmed...
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A gauge theory is a type of theory in physics. The word gauge means a measurement, a thickness, an in-between distance (as in railroad tracks), or a resulting...
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Canonical quantization (redirect from Canonical field theory)
quantizing a classical theory, while attempting to preserve the formal structure, such as symmetries, of the classical theory to the greatest extent possible...
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Supersplit supersymmetry (category Supersymmetric quantum field theory)
well-known possibility that a Peccei-Quinn axion could be the dark matter of the universe. As a serious scientific theory, it leads to no new predictions[why...
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Propagator (redirect from Propagator (field theory))
In quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, the propagator is a function that specifies the probability amplitude for a particle to travel from one...
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In quantum field theory, partition functions are generating functionals for correlation functions, making them key objects of study in the path integral...
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requirement greatly constrains the particle mass; for example, the QCD (Peccei–Quinn) axion is considered too heavy to condense.) A second approach, where...
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American barbecue stand owner, shot. Roberto Peccei, 78, Italian physicist, co-formulator of the Peccei–Quinn theory. Giyannedra Prasad, 60, Fijian lawyer and...
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Quantum vacuum state (category Quantum field theory)
In quantum field theory, the quantum vacuum state (also called the quantum vacuum or vacuum state) is the quantum state with the lowest possible energy...
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Quantum electrodynamics (category Quantum field theory)
relativistic quantum field theory of electrodynamics. In essence, it describes how light and matter interact and is the first theory where full agreement between...
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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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