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What are virtual particles

Virtual Particles Explained: On-Shell vs Off-Shell in QFT

February 18, 2019
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What Is a Virtual Particle? A virtual particle is a mathematical device, not a physical entity, that appears in perturbation expansions of the S-operator…
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Learn Interacting Quantum Fields in Mathematical Quantum Field Theory

January 29, 2018
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This is one chapter in a series on Mathematical Quantum Field Theory.The previous chapter is 14. Free quantum fields.The next chapter is 16. Renormalization. 15.…
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Top Misconceptions about Virtual Particles

April 6, 2016
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Introduction This Insight Article is a sequel to the Insight Article ''The Physics of Virtual Particles'', which contains an exposition of definitions…
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Learn the Physics of Virtual Particles in Quantum Mechanics

March 28, 2016
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In discussions on the internet (including a number of Wikipedia pages) and in books and articles for non-experts in particle physics, there is considerable…
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