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Locality in QFT vs "non-local" in QM

asked Nov 6, 2017 at 18:51

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What's the relation between Wilson Renormalization Group (RG) in Statistical Mechanics and QFT RG?

asked Nov 15, 2017 at 21:12

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Book recommendations for learning about open quantum systems

asked Nov 4, 2017 at 19:47

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Gauge invariance is just a redundancy. Why is massive abelian gauge field renormalizable but massive non-abelian gauge field nonrenormalizable?

asked Dec 16, 2017 at 23:04

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How to rigorously argue that the superposition state is unstable in spontaneously symmetry breaking case

asked Dec 12, 2017 at 1:44

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What's the key point to argue that pure gravity can't be renormalizable from two-loop?

asked Dec 14, 2017 at 20:30

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Explicit computation of singular part of two-loop sunrise diagram

asked Jan 1, 2019 at 3:57

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Can we get complete non-perturbative information of the interacting system by computing perturbation to all orders?

asked Aug 15, 2018 at 23:37

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What's the geometric (or representation independent) definition of central charge of Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$?

asked Dec 7, 2017 at 20:35

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Why does Josephson's identity $d\nu=2-\alpha$ only hold for mean field theory in dimension $4$?

asked Oct 18, 2017 at 2:00

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For dimensional regularization, why the arbitrary mass scale $\mu$ has the meaning of UV cutoff?

asked Dec 19, 2018 at 3:15

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Adding gauge fixing directly by hand is different from by Lagrange multiplier?

asked Dec 13, 2017 at 5:53

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How is it possible a quadratic Hermitian Hamiltonian $H = b^\dagger b^\dagger + b b$, with $b$ boson, cannot be diagonalized?

asked Jun 7, 2019 at 17:26

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Question about the existence of non-Abelian anyon

asked Nov 22, 2017 at 0:25

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Why is classical spin the spin-$\infty$ representation of $SO(3)$, not the spin-$1$ representation of $SO(3)$?

asked Nov 11, 2017 at 17:33

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Question about Mode expansion of free compact boson

asked Jan 14, 2019 at 4:38

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What's the Lie group generated only by dilation and Poincaré symmetry?

asked Nov 7, 2017 at 21:02

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Condensed Matter or High Energy examples in which higher-loop $n\ge 2$ correction can have important physical consequence?

asked Jan 30, 2018 at 2:08

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Is the conformal group $\mathrm{Conf}(p,q) ≃ \mathrm{O}(p + 1, q + 1) / \mathbb{Z_2} $ connected or not?

asked Jan 16, 2018 at 22:33

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Question about conformal transformation on fields

asked Jan 13, 2018 at 18:14

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Transformation has $\delta \mathcal{L}=0$ but $\delta S \neq 0$ and $\delta S \neq \epsilon \int_{\partial\Omega} d^3 x f $

asked Dec 10, 2017 at 4:35

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Question about a system with all bounded orbits closed and maximal integrable

asked Mar 21, 2018 at 22:17

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Connected components of conformal group $ {\rm Conf}(p,q)$ containing $P$, $T$ and conformal inversion are same or different?

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23 Questions

Locality in QFT vs "non-local" in QM

What's the relation between Wilson Renormalization Group (RG) in Statistical Mechanics and QFT RG?

Book recommendations for learning about open quantum systems

Gauge invariance is just a redundancy. Why is massive abelian gauge field renormalizable but massive non-abelian gauge field nonrenormalizable?

How to rigorously argue that the superposition state is unstable in spontaneously symmetry breaking case

What's the key point to argue that pure gravity can't be renormalizable from two-loop?

Explicit computation of singular part of two-loop sunrise diagram

Can we get complete non-perturbative information of the interacting system by computing perturbation to all orders?

What's the geometric (or representation independent) definition of central charge of Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$?

Why does Josephson's identity $d\nu=2-\alpha$ only hold for mean field theory in dimension $4$?

For dimensional regularization, why the arbitrary mass scale $\mu$ has the meaning of UV cutoff?

Adding gauge fixing directly by hand is different from by Lagrange multiplier?

How is it possible a quadratic Hermitian Hamiltonian $H = b^\dagger b^\dagger + b b$, with $b$ boson, cannot be diagonalized?

Question about the existence of non-Abelian anyon

Why is classical spin the spin-$\infty$ representation of $SO(3)$, not the spin-$1$ representation of $SO(3)$?

Question about Mode expansion of free compact boson

What's the Lie group generated only by dilation and Poincaré symmetry?

Condensed Matter or High Energy examples in which higher-loop $n\ge 2$ correction can have important physical consequence?

Is the conformal group $\mathrm{Conf}(p,q) ≃ \mathrm{O}(p + 1, q + 1) / \mathbb{Z_2} $ connected or not?

Question about conformal transformation on fields

Transformation has $\delta \mathcal{L}=0$ but $\delta S \neq 0$ and $\delta S \neq \epsilon \int_{\partial\Omega} d^3 x f $

Question about a system with all bounded orbits closed and maximal integrable

Connected components of conformal group $ {\rm Conf}(p,q)$ containing $P$, $T$ and conformal inversion are same or different?