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  1. What is quantum field theory? | New Scientist

    Quantum field theory marries the ideas of other quantum theories to depict all particles as “excitations” that arise in underlying fields. The British physicist Paul Dirac started the ball ...

  2. What are quantum fields made up of? - Physics Stack Exchange

    Aug 11, 2021 · Quantum fields are made up of quantum oscillators, an infinity-of-infinities of them. These oscillators are little gadgets, everywhere, that spew out and consume quanta, the building …

  3. What exactly is a quantum field? - Physics Stack Exchange

    Feb 1, 2024 · 8 Let's address first your title question "What exactly is a quantum field?" The answer is essentially given in the first five chapters of Weinberg's textbook: a quantum field is a convenient …

  4. How certain is it that quantum fields exist everywhere?

    Jun 4, 2024 · When people explain Quantum Field Theory, one of the first things they'll say is that quantum fields exist everywhere. This seems like a fairly reasonable framework to base QFT on, but …

  5. How many quantum fields are there? - Physics Stack Exchange

    Apr 18, 2015 · If you believe in string theory there's only one master field. As for the second part of the question: yes, elementary particles are simply excitations of elementary quantum fields, so there is …

  6. What are quantum fields mathematically? - Physics Stack Exchange

    Jun 5, 2017 · The replies which suggest that the answer to "What is a quantum field?" is unclear or even open are wrong. The impression that this could be unclear is owed to the standard textbooks sticking …

  7. How do different fields interact with each other?

    Jun 30, 2014 · Using the description of field theory, and it's true both in classical field theory and quantum field theory, fields interact because of specific terms in the Lagrangian or the Hamiltonian …

  8. What are the fields that exist in the standard model and QFT?

    Dec 29, 2020 · What are the fields that exist in the standard model and QFT? I know the electromagnetic field and the Higgs field, but what other fields are there? Also, how do they interact?

  9. Do Quantum fields describe reality or are reality? [closed]

    Jun 22, 2023 · I have been told that Quantum fields are the real "fundamental" of reality and particles are excitations in these omnipresent fields.

  10. Why do we observe particles, not quantum fields?

    Sep 30, 2022 · Quantum fields are analogous to a coordinate system on which with differential operators on the named fields ( electron, neutrino...) one can mathematically model the real world existence …