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In this picture, at the heart of modern quantum field theory, the electromagnetic field pervades the entire universe. The appearance of every photon is simply an excitation of this field at a particular place and time, described by the action of a creation operator. By a similar token, the disappearance of a photon is the de-excitation of the field, described by an annihilation operator
— Nov 14, 2015 10:04PM
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On this re read I’m paying closer attention to the politic tensions underplaying. The communist ideas in Cambridge and the on coming 2nd world war. Unlike the previous times where I was collecting names to look up, All the names are familiar now :) perhaps my 2nd main interest is Dirac’s study prerequisites leading to quantum physics aside from sheer genius!
— Jan 02, 2024 05:28AM
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One person who, unknown to Dirac, shared his excitement about the theory was Albert Einstein, who wrote to a friend: ‘Heisenberg has laid a big quantum egg.’
— Nov 12, 2015 05:14AM
