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| ====== Quantum Electrodynamics ====== | ====== Quantum Electrodynamics ====== | ||
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| + | //see also [[models:standard_model]] and [[models:classical_electrodynamics]]// | ||
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| + | Quantum electrodynamics is the correct model of electromagnetic interactions. It is a model in the framework of [[theories:quantum_field_theory|quantum field theory]]. | ||
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| * The best non-technical introduction to quantum electrodynamics is Quantum Electrodynamics by Richard P. Feynman | * The best non-technical introduction to quantum electrodynamics is Quantum Electrodynamics by Richard P. Feynman | ||
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| - | Quantum electrodynamics is a [[theories:quantum_field_theory|quantum field theory]] of electrodynamics. At its heart is a [[advanced_tools:gauge_symmetry|gauge symmetry]] called local $U(1)$ symmetry. | + | Quantum electrodynamics is a [[theories:quantum_field_theory:canonical|quantum field theory]] of electrodynamics. At its heart is a [[advanced_tools:gauge_symmetry|gauge symmetry]] called local $U(1)$ symmetry. |
| In practice, we use quantum electrodynamics to describe electrodynamical interactions between charged particles through elementary particles called photons. | In practice, we use quantum electrodynamics to describe electrodynamical interactions between charged particles through elementary particles called photons. | ||
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| Photons are the fundamental excitations of the electrodynamic field. | Photons are the fundamental excitations of the electrodynamic field. | ||
| - | There are two frameworks to calculate things in quantum electrodynamics: either using [[advanced_tools:feynman_diagrams|Feynman diagrams]] (= the [[frameworks:hamiltonian_formalism|Hamiltonian framework]]) or using [[advanced_tools:path_integral|path integrals]] (= the [[frameworks:lagrangian_formalism|Lagrangian framework]]). | + | There are two frameworks to calculate things in quantum electrodynamics: either using [[advanced_tools:feynman_diagrams|Feynman diagrams]] (= the [[formalisms:hamiltonian_formalism|Hamiltonian framework]]) or using [[theories:quantum_mechanics:path_integral|path integrals]] (= the [[formalisms:lagrangian_formalism|Lagrangian framework]]). |
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| In addition, it's one of the best-tested theories in the history of science and so far, passed all precision tests. | In addition, it's one of the best-tested theories in the history of science and so far, passed all precision tests. | ||
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| + | Electromagnetic interactions are responsible for the attraction between electrons and protons. This way they are responsible for the stability of atoms. | ||
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