Einstein scraps QFT. In spite of his quest for a singular field theory, Einstein shot down Quantum Field Theory after querying a friend, Valentin Bargmann, to grant him a private tutorial on the matter. This is not shocking; at the time Quantum Field Theory was simply neither comprehensive nor a success, nor was Bargmann its best spokesperson. We need to also look at Einstein's great skepticism of the QM theory that came before Quantum Field Theory-- a wariness based upon its probabilistic attributes.(In QM one could never say exactly where a particle is, simply that it has a certain probability of being here or there.) This particular randomness was actually unconformable to Einstein and resulted in his famous remark, "I can not believe that God plays dice with the universe.".
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I enjoyed your articles - a great intro to the Standard Model...
ReplyDeleteI am interested in QFT but have a different perspective: I consider the (x,t) and the (M) as disjoint in STR, but by deconstructing v/c, Gamma is interpreted as a density at a single point where light is defined. I have several short papers on it, and have been discussing it on a forum.
The paper is a short (and hopefully humorous) read; I know your time is valuable to you as mine is to me (I am 74, but have some technical creds)
If you'd like to give it a shot, email me at "BuleriaChk" "aol" and I'll send you a link and further info.
C = mass creation rate, T = mass creation time.
DeleteM = pCT in an affine space where p = 1 for rest mass and = Gamma for a different "mass creation rate"
(space and time irrelevant to STR)