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The quantum vacuum : a scientific and philosophical concept, from electrodynamics to string theory and the geometry of the microscopic world / Luciano Boi.
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Boi, L. (Luciano), 1957-
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English
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
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viii, 222 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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QC174.52.V33 B65 2011
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Vacuum
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Quantum field theory
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: the vacuum as a scientific and philosophical concept
The role of vacuum in modern physics
The quantum vacuum in the early universe
The problem of the vacuum and the conceptual conflict between general relativity theory and quantum mechanics
Topology and curvature as sources of vacuum fields
The Dirac "full-of-particles sea" idea and the vacuum in quantum field theory
The role of the vacuum in quantum electrodynamics, the casimir effect, and vacuum polarization
Hole theory, negative energy solutions, and vacuum fluctuations
Further theoretical remarks on the vacuum fluctuations: Poincaré conformal invariance and spontaneous symmetry-breaking symmetry
More intuitive remarks on the casimir effect and force, and on their significance
Dynamical principles of invariance and the physical interactions
Quantum electrodynamics and gauge theory
Vacuum as the source of asymmetry
Topological quantum field theories and gauge theories: a far-reaching interface between geometry and physics
Remarks on Kaluza-Klein theory and supergravity
Creation of universes from nothing
String landscape and vacuum energy: the emergence of a multidimensional world from geometrical possibilities
Concluding remarks
A. The difference between the causality/determinism of classical physics and that of quantum physics
B. The similarities between the "quantum vacuum" and Plato's "Chora" (space)
C. Remarks on the quantum effects in supersymmetric quantum field theories
D. How "fock space" can help to represent the vacuum fluctuations in quantum field theory
E. Is the word "vacuum" suitable for what is happening in modern physics?
F. Mathematical concepts and techniques
G. Path integral and Yang-Mills connections.
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ISBN
9781421402475 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
1421402475 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2011000991
OCLC
701493145
Other standard number
6893248
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