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View SchemaRelativistic Quantum Dynamics: A non-traditional perspective on space, time, particles, fields, and action-at-a-distance
| Authors | Eugene V. Stefanovich |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0504062 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0504062 |
| Journal | Relativistic Quantum Theory of Particles, vol. I and II (Lambert Academic, 2015) |
| License | http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/ |
Abstract
This book is an attempt to build a consistent relativistic quantum theory of interacting particles. In the first part of the book "Quantum electrodynamics" we follow rather traditional approach to particle physics. Our discussion proceeds systematically from the principle of relativity and postulates of quantum measurements to the renormalization in quantum electrodynamics. In the second part of the book "Quantum theory of particles" this traditional approach is reexamined. We find that formulas of special relativity should be modified to take into account particle interactions. We also suggest reinterpreting quantum field theory in the language of physical "dressed" particles. This formulation eliminates the need for renormalization and opens up a new way for studying dynamical and bound state properties of quantum interacting systems. The developed theory is applied to realistic physical objects and processes including the energy spectrum of the hydrogen atom, the decay law of moving unstable particles, and the electric field of relativistic electron beams. These results force us to take a fresh look at some core issues of modern particle theories, in particular, the Minkowski space-time unification, the role of quantum fields and renormalization as well as the alleged impossibility of action-at-a-distance. A new perspective on these issues is suggested. It can help to solve the old problem of theoretical physics -- a consistent unification of relativity and quantum mechanics.
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