Book contents
- Conceptual Developments of 20th Century Field Theories
- Reviews of the first edition
- Conceptual Developments of 20th Century Field Theories
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface to the Revised Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Rise of Classical Field Theory
- Part I The Geometrical Programme for Fundamental Interactions
- Part II The Quantum Field Programme for Fundamental Interactions
- 6 The Rise of Quantum Theory
- 7 The Formation of the Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Field Theory
- 8 The Quantum Field Programme
- Part III The Gauge Field Programme for Fundamental Interactions
- Appendices
- References
- Name Index
- Subject Index
8 - The Quantum Field Programme
from Part II - The Quantum Field Programme for Fundamental Interactions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 October 2019
- Conceptual Developments of 20th Century Field Theories
- Reviews of the first edition
- Conceptual Developments of 20th Century Field Theories
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface to the Revised Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Rise of Classical Field Theory
- Part I The Geometrical Programme for Fundamental Interactions
- Part II The Quantum Field Programme for Fundamental Interactions
- 6 The Rise of Quantum Theory
- 7 The Formation of the Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Field Theory
- 8 The Quantum Field Programme
- Part III The Gauge Field Programme for Fundamental Interactions
- Appendices
- References
- Name Index
- Subject Index
Summary
The study of the interactions between electrically charged particles and electromagnetic fields within the framework of quantum field programme (QFP) is called quantum electrodynamics (QED). QED, and in particular its renormalized perturbative formulation, was modeled by various theories to describe other interactions, and thus became the starting point for a new research programme, the quantum field programme (QFP). The programme has been implemented by a series of theories, whose developments are strongly constrained by some of its characteristic features, which have been inherited from QED. For this reason, I shall start this review of the sinuous evolution of QFP with an outline of these features.
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- Conceptual Developments of 20th Century Field Theories , pp. 184 - 234Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019