quantum field theory | has symmetry relativistic invariance | ![has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:33:57.0 has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:33:57.0](facet.gif) |
has exchange quantum | ![2001-09-27 09:33:57.0 2001-09-27 09:33:57.0](facet.gif) |
has applicability elementary particles | ![has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:33:57.0 has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:33:57.0](facet.gif) |
has implication quantum fields are the ultimate reality and particles are merely the localized quanta of these fields. | ![has source: Coughlan, G.D., Dodd, J.E. 1999 The Ideas of Particle Physics, Cambridge University Press, 2001-09-27 09:33:57.0 has source: Coughlan, G.D., Dodd, J.E. 1999 The Ideas of Particle Physics, Cambridge University Press, 2001-09-27 09:33:57.0](facet.gif) |
has definition Relativistically invariant version of quantum mechanics used to describe the physics of elementary particles. The action of forces is a result of the exchange of sub-atomic particles. | ![has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:33:57.0 has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:33:57.0](facet.gif) |
is a kind of quantum mechanics | ![2001-09-27 09:33:57.0 2001-09-27 09:33:57.0](facet.gif) |
quantum mechanics | has constraint certain quantities (e.g. energy, angular momentum, light) can only exist in certain discrete amounts, called quanta. | ![2001-09-27 09:33:57.0 2001-09-27 09:33:57.0](facet.gif) |
has equation Any physical system, such as an atom, may be viewed as existing as a combination of its possible states, each of which has a certain probability. | ![2001-09-27 09:33:57.0 2001-09-27 09:33:57.0](facet.gif) |
has synonym quantum theory | ![2001-09-27 09:33:57.0 2001-09-27 09:33:57.0](facet.gif) |
has discoverer Planck | ![2001-09-27 09:33:57.0 2001-09-27 09:33:57.0](facet.gif) |
theory | has validity correct or incorrect with caveats | ![2001-09-27 09:33:53.0 2001-09-27 09:33:53.0](facet.gif) |
has author or reasearch group | ![2001-09-27 09:33:53.0 2001-09-27 09:33:53.0](facet.gif) |
has domain a field of research | ![2001-09-27 09:33:53.0 2001-09-27 09:33:53.0](facet.gif) |
has date or a range of dates for which the theory was active | ![2001-09-27 09:33:53.0 2001-09-27 09:33:53.0](facet.gif) |