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Quantum Field Theory Deserves Extra Help

General Physics 2021-08-25 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

Today's quantum field theory (QFT) relies heavenly on canonical quantization (CQ), which fails for φ44\varphi^4_4 leading only to a "free" result. Affine quantization (AQ), an alternative quantization procedure, leads to a "non-free" result for the same model. Perhaps adding AQ to CQ can improve the quantization of a wide class of problems in QFT.

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@article{arxiv.2108.10713,
  title  = {Quantum Field Theory Deserves Extra Help},
  author = {John R. Klauder},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.10713},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

4 pages; a strong illustration of how affine quantization can benefit quantum field theory

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