1. Exchange Forces in Particle Physics
- Author
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Gregg Jaeger
- Subjects
Physics ,Exchange force ,Particle physics ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Propagator ,01 natural sciences ,Fundamental interaction ,Conserved quantity ,Explication ,0103 physical sciences ,Particle ,Quantum field theory ,010306 general physics ,Quantum - Abstract
The operation of fundamental forces in quantum field theory is explicated here as the exchange of particles, consistently with the standard methodology of particle physics. The particles involved are seen to bear little relation to any classical particle but, rather, comprise unified collections of compresent, conserved quantities indicated by propagators. The exchange particles, which supervene upon quantum fields, are neither more fundamental than fields nor replace them as has often previously been assumed in models of exchange forces. It is argued that this explication of quantum field-theoretic exchange forces definitively improves upon its predecessors.
- Published
- 2021