On vacuum fluctuations and particle masses

DOI10.1007/s10701-012-9668-2zbMath1261.81098OpenAlexW1973291664MaRDI QIDQ1929320

M. D. Pollock

Publication date: 7 January 2013

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-012-9668-2

zbMATH Keywords

quantum fluctuationsspontaneous symmetry breakingconformal invariancephoton mass

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Other elementary particle theory in quantum theory (81V25) Quantum optics (81V80) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20)

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