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  • 13 - Fermion Quantization

  • from Part III - A Short Course in Quantum Field Theory
  • David W. Snoke, University of Pittsburgh
  • Book:
    Interpreting Quantum Mechanics
    Published online:
    09 May 2024
    Print publication:
    16 May 2024, pp 192-200

  • Summary

    This chapter introduces the formal second quantization method for fermions in quantum field theory, and the connection to second quantization of bosons is shown. The picture of fermions as rotations between two states is presented, which helps the reader to see where the Pauli exclusion rule comes from. Finally, Dirac’s original derivation of his equation for relativistic motion of fermions is given.

  • 2 - How Fields Generate Particles

  • from Part I - A Nonmathematical Exposition of Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory
  • David W. Snoke, University of Pittsburgh
  • Book:
    Interpreting Quantum Mechanics
    Published online:
    09 May 2024
    Print publication:
    16 May 2024, pp 18-34

  • Summary

    This chapter shows how particles arise naturally as an effect of waves, known as “resonance,” and that the particle concept, properly understood, is not somehow incompatible with the existence of waves. The definitions of “fermion” and “boson” fields, often associated with “matter” and “energy” particles, are introduced. The solidness of objects in our experience is a direct consequence of fermion wave properties.