Miller, Michael (2015) The origins of Schwinger's Euclidean Green's functions. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 50. pp. 5-12.
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This paper places Julian Schwinger's development of the Euclidean Green's function formalism for quantum field theory in historical context. It traces the techniques employed in the formalism back to Schwinger's work on waveguides during World War II, and his subsequent formulation of the Minkowski space Green's function formalism for quantum field theory in 1951. Particular attention is dedicated to understanding Schwinger's physical motivation for pursuing the Euclidean extension of this formalism in 1958.
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| Keywords: | Julian Schwinger, Quantum field theory, Eulidean field theory, Green's functions | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > History of Science Case Studies Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory General Issues > Structure of Theories General Issues > Theory Change |
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| Depositing User: | Mr. Michael E. Miller | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 12 Sep 2015 23:44 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 20 Jul 2017 14:53 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 11672 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics | ||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||
| Official URL: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S... | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > History of Science Case Studies Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory General Issues > Structure of Theories General Issues > Theory Change |
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| Date: | 12 September 2015 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 5-12 | ||||||
| Volume: | 50 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11672 |
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