What is quantum field theory and why was it developed?

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selfAdjoint said:
No it doesn't. It is possible, if not necessary, to think of virtual particles as just mathematical terms in a power series, with no physical reality at all. Even the Casimir effect, which seems to show their reality, can be explained as an interaction with the plates.
i wonder what on Earth you were talking about before, silly
 

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