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The Quantum Vacuum : An Introduction To Quantum Electrodynamics
Hardback Edition: 1
In modern physics, the classical vacuum of tranquil nothingness has been replaced by a quantum vacuum with fluctuations of measurable consequence. In The Quantum Vacuum, Peter Milonni describes the concept of the vacuum in quantum physics with an emphasis on quantum electrodynamics. He elucidates in
depth and detail the role of the vacuum electromagnetic field in spontaneous emission, the Lamb shift, van der Waals, and Casimir forces, and a variety of other phenomena, some of which are of technological as well as purely scientific importance. This informative text also provides an introduction based on fundamental vacuum processes to the ideas of relativistic quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory, including renormalization and Feynman diagrams. Experimental as well as theoretical aspects of the quantum vacuum are described, and in most cases details of mathematical derivations are included.
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Pages : 522
Publisher : Elsevier
Publication date : 1994-01-14
Subjects: Non-fiction, Science And Technology, Physics, Quantum Physics (quantum Mechanics & Quantum Field Theory)