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1861: 416: 2010: 22: 3734: 218:, gave at each point in space the total gravitational acceleration which would be felt by a small object at that point. This did not change the physics in any way: it did not matter if all the gravitational forces on an object were calculated individually and then added together, or if all the contributions were first added together as a gravitational field and then applied to an object. 1787: 1516: 275:—much like the tension in a rubber membrane. If that were the case, the observed velocity of the electromagnetic waves should depend upon the velocity of the observer with respect to the aether. Despite much effort, no experimental evidence of such an effect was ever found; the situation was resolved by the introduction of the 116:
said, "The fact that the electromagnetic field can possess momentum and energy makes it very real, and a particle makes a field, and a field acts on another particle, and the field has such familiar properties as energy content and momentum, just as particles can have." In practice, the strength of
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in 1905. This theory changed the way the viewpoints of moving observers were related to each other. They became related to each other in such a way that velocity of electromagnetic waves in Maxwell's theory would be the same for all observers. By doing away with the need for a background medium,
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over any finite region, we get a finite result. The infinities are not well-defined; but the finite values can be associated with the functions used as the weight functions to get the finite values, and that can be well-defined. We can define a continuous random field well enough as a
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Much like statistical mechanics has some overlap between quantum and classical mechanics, statistical field theory has links to both quantum and classical field theories, especially the former with which it shares many methods. One important example is
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Field theory usually refers to a construction of the dynamics of a field, i.e. a specification of how a field changes with time or with respect to other independent physical variables on which the field depends. Usually this is done by writing a
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which transform like vectors except for one of their components; in other words, when one rotates a vector field 360 degrees around a specific axis, the vector field turns to itself; however, spinors would turn to their negatives in the same
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is a vector field: specifying its value at a point in spacetime requires three numbers, the components of the gravitational field vector at that point. Moreover, within each category (scalar, vector, tensor), a field can be either a
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As above with classical fields, it is possible to approach their quantum counterparts from a purely mathematical view using similar techniques as before. The equations governing the quantum fields are in fact PDEs (specifically,
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of a crystal) specified by a tensor at each point of space. Under rotations in space, the components of the tensor transform in a more general way which depends on the number of covariant indices and contravariant
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should underlie all physical phenomena, so that a classical field theory should, at least in principle, permit a recasting in quantum mechanical terms; success yields the corresponding
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will create a field B, that exerts a force on nearby moving charged particles that is quantitatively different from the electric field force described above. The force exerted by
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under rotations in space. Similarly, a dual (or co-) vector field attaches a dual vector to each point of space, and the components of each dual vector transform covariantly.
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most fields diminishes with distance, eventually becoming undetectable. For instance the strength of many relevant classical fields, such as the gravitational field in
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If there is a symmetry of the problem, not involving spacetime, under which these components transform into each other, then this set of symmetries is called an
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The magnetic field is not conservative in general, and hence cannot usually be written in terms of a scalar potential. However, it can be written in terms of a
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are not continuous. When dealing carefully with classical fields at finite temperature, the mathematical methods of continuous random fields are used, because
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was understood as a collection of two vector fields in space. Nowadays, one recognizes this as a single antisymmetric 2nd-rank tensor field in spacetime.
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Fields may have internal symmetries in addition to spacetime symmetries. In many situations, one needs fields which are a list of spacetime scalars: (φ
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Maxwell, at first, did not adopt the modern concept of a field as a fundamental quantity that could independently exist. Instead, he supposed that the
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leads to the identity that gravitational field strength is identical to the acceleration experienced by a particle. This is the starting point of the
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that acted between any pair of massive objects. When looking at the motion of many bodies all interacting with each other, such as the planets in the
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fields are not only fields of force which dictate the motion of particles, but also have an independent physical reality because they carry energy.
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limits for diffraction. In practice though, the field theories of optics are superseded by the electromagnetic field theory of Maxwell.
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Some of the simplest physical fields are vector force fields. Historically, the first time that fields were taken seriously was with
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The development of the independent concept of a field truly began in the nineteenth century with the development of the theory of
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in classical electromagnetism, is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the source (i.e. they follow
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Gooding, David (1 January 1981). "Final Steps to the Field Theory: Faraday's Study of Magnetic Phenomena, 1845-1850".
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as being solutions to their respective equations. A possible problem is that these RWEs can deal with complicated
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It is possible to construct simple fields without any prior knowledge of physics using only mathematics from
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this development opened the way for physicists to start thinking about fields as truly independent entities.
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We can think about a continuous random field, in a (very) rough way, as an ordinary function that is
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A 'field' is any physical quantity which takes on different values at different points in space.
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first realized the importance of a field as a physical quantity, during his investigations into
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Weinberg, Steven (1977). "The Search for Unity: Notes for a History of Quantum Field Theory".
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Illustration of the electric field surrounding a positive (red) and a negative (blue) charge.
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from the vicinity of the quarks) making the color force increase within a short distance,
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These three quantum field theories can all be derived as special cases of the so-called
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Alternatively, one can describe the system in terms of its scalar and vector potentials
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Color charge has "ternary neutral states" as well as binary neutrality (analogous to
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which describes its influence on other bodies with mass. The gravitational field of
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In quantum chromodynamics, the color field lines are coupled at short distances by
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The experimental observation that inertial mass and gravitational mass are equal
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could manage with Newton-style laws that expressed the forces between pairs of
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of functions as its index set, in which case the continuous random field is a
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in terms of the field components; the dynamics can be obtained by using the
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A convenient way of classifying a field (classical or quantum) is by the
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Fields are often classified by their behaviour under transformations of
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respectively. In this theory an equivalent representation of field is a
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The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences
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tells us that the electric field due to a single charged particle is
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In a general setting, classical fields are described by sections of
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Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nuclei and Particles
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Physical quantities taking values at each point in space and time
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Statistical field theory attempts to extend the field-theoretic
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The dynamics of a classical field are usually specified by the
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A field can be classified as a scalar field, a vector field, a
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to be a physical entity, making the field concept a supporting
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The independent nature of the field became more apparent with
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it possesses. Physical symmetries are usually of two types:
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according to whether the represented physical quantity is a
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based solely on its charge. We can similarly describe the
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were first applied to the electromagnetic field. In 1927,
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expressed the deformation of some underlying medium—the
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In general, in the presence of both a charge density ρ(
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Lecture 1 | Quantum Entanglements, Part 1 (Stanford)
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can be constructed as physical fields, due to their
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The terms used in this classification are: 1843:charge (not found in nature) would induce an 69:to each point on the map, is an example of a 8: 4331:Supersymmetric theory of stochastic dynamics 2625:This is contingent on the correct choice of 2347:(such as the magnitude and direction of the 299:to successfully explain how the decay of an 2959:Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences 2206:; temperature/concentration fields for the 253:became the first to coin the term "field". 4338: 3865: 3771: 3757: 3749: 3597: 3346: 3332: 3324: 3283:"Real talk: Everything is made of fields" 2535: 1758: 1750: 1742: 1740: 1708: 1702: 1691: 1680: 1678: 1494: 1486: 1478: 1467: 1459: 1457: 1413: 1397: 1395: 1394: 1386: 1377: 1358: 1352: 1341: 1333: 1331: 1279: 1271: 1263: 1249: 1241: 1239: 1176: 1153: 1145: 1143: 1096: 1094: 1093: 1085: 1076: 1067: 1051: 1043: 1041: 918: 895: 887: 885: 811: 809: 808: 800: 786: 766: 758: 755: 744: 736: 734: 681: 679: 678: 676: 644: 642: 641: 633: 616: 602: 594: 592: 523: 515: 512: 501: 493: 491: 722:. 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They are also subject to the 423:, mass is the source of an attractive 85:is another rank-1 tensor field, while 2890:The Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol I 2823:The Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol I 2230:may involve for example, directional 2080:, deals with quantum field theory at 1942:For electromagnetic waves, there are 1906:Newton's law of universal gravitation 1892:Einstein's theory of gravity, called 840:to an unprecedented level of accuracy 695:{\displaystyle {\hat {\mathbf {r} }}} 574:Newton's law of universal gravitation 7: 3033:M. Mansfield; C. O’Sullivan (2011). 3004:McGraw Hill Encyclopaedia of Physics 2981:Kleppner, Daniel; Kolenkow, Robert. 2906:"Physics: What We Do and Don't Know" 2904:Steven Weinberg (November 7, 2013). 1990:confirm its predictions to a higher 1779:At the end of the 19th century, the 287:In the late 1920s, the new rules of 93:at each point in spacetime, or as a 3319:Particle and Polymer Field Theories 3113:I. Ciufolini; J.A. Wheeler (1995). 2566:from a space of functions into the 2164:of the field, and treating it as a 206:simply expressed the gravitational 3780:Industrial and applied mathematics 2586:Covariant Hamiltonian field theory 2540: 2218:. All these previous examples are 2172:system with an infinite number of 1715: 1705: 1572:formed by two magnetic monopoles. 1167: 912: 909: 112:of the edifice of modern physics. 77:at that point, is an example of a 61:. 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(1994). 2785:"Windy as forecasted" 2678:John Gribbin (1998). 2548: 2525:tempered distribution 2507:classical fields are 2505:thermally fluctuating 2501:generalized functions 2497:electromagnetic field 2477:statistical mechanics 2434:. 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He realized that 451:gravitational field 445:Any body with mass 425:gravitational field 405:gravitational field 387:Maxwell's equations 273:luminiferous aether 258:James Clerk Maxwell 216:gravitational field 161:gravitational field 123:electrostatic field 75:speed and direction 41:, represented by a 4555:Mathematics portal 4452:Other applications 4176:Probability theory 4159:Validated numerics 4139:Numerical analysis 4032:Geometric analysis 4022:Differential forms 3855:Information theory 3073:Wangsness, Roald. 3058:Griffiths, David. 2543: 2432:strong interaction 2290:fundamental forces 2181:Lagrangian density 2174:degrees of freedom 2170:quantum mechanical 2125:Schrödinger fields 2074:General relativity 2043: 2004:electroweak theory 1996:significant digits 1937:inverse-square law 1927:when a simplified 1894:general relativity 1890: 1866:general relativity 1853: 1808:(black/white) and 1766: 1724: 1592: 1537:(black/white) and 1502: 1424: 1290: 1187: 1110: 929: 848:general relativity 825: 714:and pointing from 692: 658: 540: 432: 353:general relativity 227:AndrĂ©-Marie AmpĂšre 27: 4571: 4570: 4405:Decision sciences 4399: 4398: 4381:Spacetime algebra 4073:Harmonic analysis 4039:Dynamical systems 3983:Clifford analysis 3960:Discrete geometry 3926: 3925: 3746: 3745: 3724: 3723: 3397:chemical elements 3290:Symmetry Magazine 3218:978-981-283-895-7 3206:Sardanashvily, G. 3191:978-0-471-87373-0 2716:978-0-201-02115-8 2485:mean field theory 2455:internal symmetry 2400:Internal symmetry 1966:quantum mechanics 1835:charge induces a 1722: 1419: 1405: 1372: 1211:A steady current 1104: 1091: 1074: 1029:. 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physical quantity
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vector
tensor
point
space and time
temperature
number
scalar field
speed and direction
vector field
electric field
electrodynamics
two interacting vector fields
single-rank 2-tensor
quantum field theory
electromagnetic fields
paradigm
Richard Feynman
Newton's theory of gravity
electrostatic field
Gauss's law
spinor field
tensor field
scalar
vector
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