Modular localization and the holistic structure of causal quantum theory, a historical perspective

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2014.05.002zbMath1307.81009arXiv1107.1374OpenAlexW2963862889MaRDI QIDQ2261521

Bert Schroer

Publication date: 6 March 2015

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1107.1374

zbMATH Keywords

EinsteinJordanEnglert-HiggsUnruh

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Physics (00A79)

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