Teh, Nicholas (2016) Galileo's Gauge: Understanding the Empirical Significance of Gauge Symmetry. Philosophy of Science, 83. pp. 93-118.
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This article investigates and resolves the question whether gauge symmetry can display analogs of the famous Galileo’s ship scenario. In doing so, it builds on and clarifies the work of Greaves and Wallace (“Empirical Consequences of Symmetries”) on this subject.
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| Keywords: | gauge theory, symmetry, quantum field theory, Noether, monopole, soliton, Yang-Mills, Galileo's Ship, topological charge | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances |
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| Depositing User: | Dr Nicholas Teh | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 11 Jan 2016 13:41 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 11 Jan 2016 13:41 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 11858 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Philosophy of Science | ||||||
| Publisher: | University of Chicago | ||||||
| Official URL: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/10.1086/684196.pd... | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances |
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| Date: | January 2016 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 93-118 | ||||||
| Volume: | 83 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11858 |
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