Interpreting Quantum Field Theory

泰勒教授与迈克尔·雷德黑德教授合作， 进行一个重大项目，以产生一个新的量子解释， 场理论 因此，大多数关于这个主题的工作都使用了粒子 解释的复杂程度远远低于已应用于 对量子力学理论的解释 教授 泰勒和红头发将发展他们对量子的新解释 基于量子化谐波应用的场论 振荡器，并将其构建成一个解释工具， 对理论的把握要比粒子论的把握更准确。 这种新的解释是必要的，因为这个理论 提供了我们目前对物质本质最好的解释。 的 目前对其解释的贫乏状态构成了一个 这是我们对世界更大的科学理解中的一个重要空白。 然而 对QFT的这样一种解释一直难以构建，因为 理论的新颖性和复杂性。 本研究将开始， 显示出任何可以被称为一个 粒子的解释，以及开发他们的替代品。两 泰勒教授和红发女教授完全有资格进行这项工作 research. Teller教授在以下方面做出了重大贡献： 以前的NSF赠款，我们的理解的哲学 量子力学的基础 红发教授是一位著名的 物理学家和哲学家。 他们的合作承诺将使一个非常 对我们理解最可怕的 关于物质本质的理论。 他们计划的研究将是 对物理学和哲学都很有价值。

Professor Teller, in collaboration with Professor Michael Redhead, is undertaking a major project to produce a new interpretation of quantum field theory. Heretofore, most work on this topic has used a particle interpretation with much less sophistication than has been applied to the interpretation of the parent theory, quantum mechanics. Professors Teller and Redhead will develop their new interpretation of quantum field theory based on an application of the quantized harmonic oscillator and will build this into an interpretive tool which will give a much more faithful grip on the theory than does the particle approach. That such a new interpretation is needed is clear because this theory provides our currently best explanation of the nature of matter. The current impoverished state of its interpretation constitutes an important gap in our larger scientific understanding of the world. Yet such an interpretation of QFT has been difficult to construct because of the newness and complexity of the theory. This study will begin by showing the inadequacy of anything which could plausibly be called a particle interpretation as well as develop their alternative. Both Professors Teller and Redhead are well qualified to carry out this research. Professor Teller has made significant contributions under previous NSF grants to our understanding of the philosophical foundations of quantum mechanics. Professor Redhead is a noted physicist and philosopher. Their collaboration promises to make a very significant contribution to our understanding of the most formidable of theories concerning the nature of matter. Their projected study will be of great value for physics and philosophy alike.