The cofounder of quantum field theory: Pascual Jordan

A comparative study is undertaken that brings to light the two different methods of how to treat the many-body problem in quantum field theory. The two main researchers who published the first versions of how to quantize a many-body assembly were P. Jordan and P.A.M. Dirac. What they understood by t...

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Published inEuropean physical journal H Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 241 - 260
Main Author Dittrich, Walter
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.03.2015
Subjects
Astronomy
Astrophysics and Cosmology
History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
History of Science
Measurement Science and Instrumentation
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Quantum Physics
Canonical Variable
Black Body Radiation
Quantum Action Principle
Narrow Frequency Interval
Quantum Electrodynamic
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ISSN2102-6459
2102-6467
DOI10.1140/epjh/e2015-60005-9

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Summary:A comparative study is undertaken that brings to light the two different methods of how to treat the many-body problem in quantum field theory. The two main researchers who published the first versions of how to quantize a many-body assembly were P. Jordan and P.A.M. Dirac. What they understood by the so-called “second quantization” will be the subject of the paper. We will argue that it is Jordan’s field operator approach that until now constitutes the basis of any work in quantum field theory.
ISSN:2102-6459
2102-6467
DOI:10.1140/epjh/e2015-60005-9