How Is Quantum Field Theory Possible?

Klappentext This is the first book-length philosophical analysis of quantum field theory! and the first in which the philosophies of space-time! quantum mechanics and interacting systems are addressed in a unified framework. The conceptual structure of quantum field theory is articulated in common terms! and compared to traditional philosophical categories. Zusammenfassung This is the first book-length philosophical analysis of quantum field theory, and the first in which the philosophies of space-time, quantum mechanics and interacting systems are addressed in a unified framework. The conceptual structure of quantum field theory is articulated in common terms, and compared to traditional philosophical categories.

Sommario

• Introduction


• 1: Nonrelativistic quantum mechanics


• 2: Relativity and symmetries


• 3: Quantum field theory


• 4: Objects of experiences: Quantum states-observables-statistics


• 5: The event-structure and the spatio-temporal order: local fields


• 6: Explicit relations and the causal order: Interacting fields


• 7: Epilogue


• Appendix A: Measurement and probability: Quantity, quality, modality


• Appendix B: Fiber bundles


• Appendix C: The cosmic and the microscopic: An application


• Notes


• Bibliography

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sunny Y. Auyang, Sunny Y. (Formerly Research Scientist Auyang, Auyang Sunny Y.
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.1995
• EAN: 9780195093445
• ISBN: 978-0-19-509344-5
• Pagine: 288
• Serie: Oxford University Press
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Fisica, astronomia > Fisica teorica; SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory), Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory)