Timeline for Why is the field quantization applied to the free particle?
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| Jul 26, 2020 at 2:53 | comment | added | Chiral Anomaly | I meant that quantization doesn't require using plane waves. Free particles (or non-free particles) don't require using plane waves, either. The question seems to assume that problems with plane waves imply problems with quantization or with particles, but that's not the case. Plane waves are problematic, but quantization and particles don't rely on plane waves. We can describe both quantization and particles and the S-matrix without ever referring to plane waves at all. | |
| Jul 26, 2020 at 0:46 | comment | added | hbadger19042 | @ChiralAnomaly What do you mean it's not required? We build the S matrix with the free particle states. And Feynman diagram is drawn with the free particles for entry and exit. If they are not quantized, how do we consider any quantities? | |
| Jul 24, 2020 at 13:39 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 24, 2020 at 13:04 | comment | added | Chiral Anomaly | Quantization doesn't require plane waves. Why would it? Is there a specific source or a specific line of reasoning that make you think it does? (Knowing this might help people shape their answers.) | |
| Jul 24, 2020 at 11:59 | answer | added | anna v | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 24, 2020 at 11:52 | answer | added | Roger V. | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 24, 2020 at 11:44 | history | asked | hbadger19042 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |