between particle physics and representation theory, as first noted in the 1930s by Eugene Wigner. It links the properties of elementary particles to the...
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Particle physics and representation theory Wigner's classification Particle segregation Self-propelled particle List of particles Wave–particle duality...
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theoretical physics. In a physical theory having Minkowski space as the underlying spacetime, the space of physical states is typically a representation of the...
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methods of analysis to be applied to the theory of groups. Furthermore, representation theory is important in physics because it can describe how the symmetry...
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Wigner's classification (redirect from One particle Hilbert space)
classify particles and fields in physics—see the article particle physics and representation theory. It relies on the stabilizer subgroups of that group,...
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In physics, string theory is a theoretical framework in which the point-like particles of particle physics are replaced by one-dimensional objects called...
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existence of mass and spin (normally explained in Wigner's classification of relativistic mechanics) in terms of the representation theory of the Galilean...
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group). These two concepts, Lie and finite groups, are the foundation for the fundamental theories of modern physics. Symmetries are frequently amenable...
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Poincaré group (category Quantum field theory)
group Representation theory of the Poincaré group Wigner's classification Symmetry in quantum mechanics Pauli–Lubanski pseudovector Particle physics and representation...
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Particle physics or high-energy physics is the study of fundamental particles and forces that constitute matter and radiation. The field also studies...
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ISBN 9781107034730. Taylor, John (1992). "Gauge theories in particle physics". In Davies, Paul (ed.). The New Physics (1st pbk. ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge...
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Lie algebra (section Representation theory in physics)
algebra extension Lie algebra representation Lie bialgebra Lie coalgebra Lie operad Particle physics and representation theory Orthogonal symmetric Lie algebra...
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Higgs boson (redirect from God particle (physics))
fields in particle physics theory. In the Standard Model, the Higgs particle is a massive scalar boson that couples to (interacts with) particles whose mass...
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mechanics.: xi QFT is used in particle physics to construct physical models of subatomic particles and in condensed matter physics to construct models of quasiparticles...
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A Grand Unified Theory (GUT) is any model in particle physics that merges the electromagnetic, weak, and strong forces (the three gauge interactions of...
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Georgi–Glashow model (redirect from SU(5) (physics))
In particle physics, the Georgi–Glashow model is a particular Grand Unified Theory (GUT) proposed by Howard Georgi and Sheldon Glashow in 1974. In this...
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string theory has developed into a broad and varied subject with connections to quantum gravity, particle and condensed matter physics, cosmology, and pure...
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In particle physics, flavour or flavor refers to the species of an elementary particle. The Standard Model counts six flavours of quarks and six flavours...
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Quantum mechanics (redirect from Free particle (quantum physics))
the foundation of all quantum physics, which includes quantum chemistry, quantum field theory, quantum technology, and quantum information science. Quantum...
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A theory of everything (TOE) or final theory is a hypothetical coherent theoretical framework of physics containing all physical principles.: 6 The scope...
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on quantum field theory and elementary particle physics. His developments included the so-called Källén–Lehmann spectral representation of correlation functions...
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mathematics and theoretical physics, a representation of a Lie group is a linear action of a Lie group on a vector space. Equivalently, a representation is a...
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Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything" is a physics preprint proposing a basis for a unified field theory, often referred to as "E8 Theory", which attempts...
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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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In physics, a subatomic particle is a particle smaller than an atom. According to the Standard Model of particle physics, a subatomic particle can be...
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In the mathematical field of representation theory, a Lie algebra representation or representation of a Lie algebra is a way of writing a Lie algebra...
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algebras", Lie Algebras - Finite and Infinite Dimensional Lie Algebras and Applications in Physics, Studies in Mathematical Physics, vol. 7, pp. 365–429, doi:10...
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Antiparticle (redirect from Anti-particle)
In particle physics, every type of particle of "ordinary" matter (as opposed to antimatter) is associated with an antiparticle with the same mass but with...
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carried by elementary particles, and thus by composite particles such as hadrons, atomic nuclei, and atoms.: 183–184 Spin is quantized, and accurate models...
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In physics, the eightfold way is an organizational scheme for a class of subatomic particles known as hadrons that led to the development of the quark...
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