• field theory, Richard Feynman invented the convenient Feynman slash notation (less commonly known as the Dirac slash notation). If A is a covariant vector...
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  • the division slash stands for "each". Strikethrough, including slashes through figures Feynman slash notation in physics, which employs slash-like strikethroughs...
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    Richard Phillips Feynman (/ˈfaɪnmən/; May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American theoretical physicist, known for his work in the path integral...
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  • using the metric ημν as with any 4 vector. The notation is called the Feynman slash notation. The slash operation maps the basis eμ of V, or any 4 dimensional...
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  • rules One-loop Feynman diagram Feynman gauge Feynman path integral Feynman parametrization Feynman propagator Feynman slash notation Feynman–Smoluchowski...
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    integrals (for interactions of a certain type, these are coordinate space or Feynman path integrals), than the Hamiltonian. Possible downsides of the approach...
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  • One-electron universe (category Richard Feynman)
    proposed by theoretical physicist John Wheeler in a telephone call to Richard Feynman in the spring of 1940, is the hypothesis that all electrons and positrons...
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    where I4 is the unit matrix in four dimensions, and employing the Feynman slash notation. This is the Dirac equation for a delta function source in spacetime...
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  • {\displaystyle {\partial \!\!\!{\big /}}} is pronounced "d-slash"), according to Feynman slash notation, the Dirac equation becomes: i ℏ ∂ / ψ − m c ψ = 0 ....
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  • In quantum mechanics, the Hellmann–Feynman theorem relates the derivative of the total energy with respect to a parameter to the expectation value of...
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  • Challenger Disaster) is a 2013 TV movie starring William Hurt about Richard Feynman's investigation into the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. The film...
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  • American biographical film about the romantic life of physicist Richard Feynman. Feynman was played by Matthew Broderick, who also directed and co-produced...
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  • its Dirac adjoint, and ∂ / {\displaystyle {\partial }\!\!\!/} is Feynman slash notation for γ σ ∂ σ {\displaystyle \gamma ^{\sigma }\partial _{\sigma }}...
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  • ψ to collapse into the state ϕ. The Feynman slash notation (Dirac slash notation) was developed by Richard Feynman for the study of Dirac fields in quantum...
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  • The Bethe–Feynman efficiency formula, a simple method for calculating the yield of a fission bomb, was first derived in 1943 after development in 1942...
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  • Look up notation system in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In linguistics and semiotics, a notation system is a system of graphics or symbols, characters...
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  • \left(i\gamma ^{\mu }\partial _{\mu }-m\right)\psi (x)=0} and with Feynman slash notation may be written ( i ∂ / − m ) ψ ( x ) = 0 {\displaystyle \left(i\partial...
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    additive. Throughout, the standard conventions of tensor index notation and Feynman slash notation are used, including Greek indices which take the values 1...
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  • His mother was the astrophysicist Joan Feynman and his uncle was Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman. Hirshberg is the author of several books:...
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  • /}+m)}{p^{2}-m^{2}+i\epsilon }}e^{-ip\cdot (x-y)}} where we have employed the Feynman slash notation. This result makes sense since the factor i ( p / + m ) p 2 − m...
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  • D=\gamma ^{\mu }\partial _{\mu }\ \equiv \partial \!\!\!/,} using the Feynman slash notation. In introductory textbooks to quantum field theory, this will appear...
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  • Sticky bead argument (category Richard Feynman)
    but it was originally proposed by Richard Feynman. The thought experiment was first described by Feynman in 1957 at a conference at Chapel Hill, North...
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    p μ {\displaystyle p\!\!\!/=\gamma ^{\mu }p_{\mu }\,}      (see Feynman slash notation) u ¯ = u † γ 0 {\displaystyle {\bar {u}}=u^{\dagger }\gamma ^{0}\...
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    express the gamma matrices, detailed in that main article. The Feynman slash notation is a shorthand for a four-vector A contracted with the gamma matrices:...
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  • Quantum cellular automaton (category Richard Feynman)
    axiomatically, from the symmetries of the global evolution. In 1982, Richard Feynman suggested an initial approach to quantizing a model of cellular automata...
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  • \nu }} into F μ ν a {\displaystyle F_{\mu \nu }^{a}} and using Feynman slash notation, the Lagrangian can then be written schematically in a more elegant...
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  • operator ∂ / {\displaystyle {\partial \!\!\!{\big /}}} written in Feynman slash notation to include the gamma matrices as well as a summation over the spinor...
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  • algebra g . {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {g}}\,.} The Dirac operator (in Feynman slash notation) is D /   = d e f   ∂ / + i A / {\displaystyle D\!\!\!\!/\ {\stackrel...
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    =0,1}\gamma ^{\mu }{\frac {\partial }{\partial x^{\mu }}}\,,} (Feynman slash notation is used), g is the coupling constant, m is the mass, and γμ are...
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  • overlap Dirac operator recovers the correct continuum form (using the Feynman slash notation) D ov = m + i p / 1 1 + s + O ( a ) {\displaystyle D_{\text{ov}}=m+i\...
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