Blum, Alexander and Jähnert, Martin (2024) Real virtuality and actual transitions: Historical reflections on virtual entities before Quantum Field Theory. In: UNSPECIFIED.
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This paper studies the notion of virtuality in the Bohr-Kramers-Slater theory of 1924. We situate the virtual entities of BKS within the tradition of the correspondence principle and the radiation theory of the Bohr model. We show how, in this context, virtual oscillators emerged as classical substitute radiators and were used to describe the otherwise elusive quantum transitions. They played an effective role in the quantum theory of radiation while remaining categorically distinct and ontologically separated from the quantum world of the Bohr model. The notion of virtuality thus differs markedly from its counterpart in quantum mechanics or QFT.
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| Subjects: | General Issues > Explanation General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > History of Science Case Studies General Issues > Models and Idealization Specific Sciences > Physics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism |
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| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email m.zichert@tu-berlin.de | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 02 Feb 2024 09:17 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 02 Feb 2024 09:17 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 23038 | |||||||||
| Official URL: | https://direct.mit.edu/posc/article-abstract/doi/1... | |||||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1162/posc_a_00609 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Explanation General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > History of Science Case Studies General Issues > Models and Idealization Specific Sciences > Physics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism |
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| Date: | 2024 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23038 |
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