quantum field theory

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  • (abbreviated): See QFT

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quantum field theory (countable and uncountable, plural quantum field theories)

  1. (quantum mechanics) A theory of quantum fields; the result of applying second quantization to Classical Relativistic Field Theory.
    The central identity of quantum field theory (according to A. Zee) is an equation which shows how to perturbatively derive a set of Feynman rules from a Lagrangian.

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  • Robert D. Klauber (2013) Student Friendly Quantum Field Theory, Second edition, Fairfield, Iowa: Sandtrove Press, published 2018, →ISBN, →OCLC, §3.2, page 48