The development of renormalization group methods for particle physics: formal analogies between classical statistical mechanics and quantum field theory

DOI10.1007/s11229-018-1862-0zbMath1475.82008OpenAlexW2799325682MaRDI QIDQ2055918

Doreen Fraser

Publication date: 1 December 2021

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/14591/1/QFTCSManalogy_rev.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

quantum field theorystatistical mechanicsanalogiesrenormalization group methodsparticle physicsKenneth G. Wilson

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Renormalization group methods applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T17) Renormalization group methods in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B28)

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