Bacelar Valente, Mario (2011) Conceptual problems in quantum electrodynamics: a contemporary historical-philosophical approach. UNSPECIFIED.

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PhD dissertation addressing what can be called conceptual-mathematical anomalies in quantum electrodynamics.
This work can be seen as following the line of philosophy of physics studies of quantum field theory that started to emerge in a systematic way in the early eighties of last century. One example is Teller’s (1995) work on standard quantum electrodynamics.In this work, by following a historical approach, I will return to the standard version
of quantum electrodynamics, which is the only one available when we want to get numbers out to compare with experimental results.
This work spins around two main vectors. One is the divergence of the S-matrix series expansion, the other is the spatio-temporal description of physical processes in
the theory.

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Item Type:	Other
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Bacelar Valente, Mario
Keywords:	quantum electrodynamics; S-matrix series divergence; vacuum state; virtual quanta; renormalization; space-time; theory reduction; Haag theorem; Schrödinger equation; Dirac equation; Casimir effect; balanced homodyne detection; Howard’s reconstruction of Bohr’s interpretation of the quantum formalism.
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory
Depositing User:	mario bacelar valente
Date Deposited:	15 Sep 2017 17:46
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2017 17:46
Item ID:	13432
Journal or Publication Title:	PhD dissertation
Official URL:	https://idus.us.es/xmlui/handle/11441/57779
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory
Date:	23 June 2011
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/13432

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