Taking particle physics seriously: a critique of the algebraic approach to quantum field theory

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2010.12.001zbMath1228.81050OpenAlexW2097320524MaRDI QIDQ652819

David Wallace

Publication date: 17 December 2011

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: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2010.12.001

zbMATH Keywords

quantum field theoryrenormalizationunderdetermination

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum field theory; related classical field theories (81T99)

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