No superluminal propagation for classical relativistic and relativistic quantum fields

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2014.07.005MaRDI QIDQ484980zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors John Earman

Publication date 8 January 2015

Published in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/10945/1/NSP_SHPMP_Final_Version.pdf

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zbMATH Keywords

relativity theorycausal processes vs. pseudo-causal processescausal propagationrelativistic energy conditions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Physics (00A79) Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Special relativity (83A05) More general nonquantum field theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S20)

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