Symmetry/Asymmetry: Quantum Physics and Quantum Electrodynamics
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 164
Special Issue Editor
2. Institute of Physics, The University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo 05508-070, Brazil
Interests: QFT with strong external backgrounds; theory of constrained systems and their quantization; exact solutions of relativistic wave equations and theory of self-adjoint extensions; path integrals in quantum theory; coherent states; classical and pseudoclassical models of relativistic particles; theory of finite level systems and its applications to quantum information; quantum mechanics and field theory in noncommutative spaces
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleague,
Quantum electrodynamics is the longest and most mature branch in the development of quantum field theory, abbreviated as QED. It mainly describes the fundamental process of photons interacting with charged particles. In principle, it summarizes the electromagnetic interaction process in the fields of atomic physics, molecular physics, solid state physics, nuclear physics and particle physics. It studies the quantum nature of electromagnetic interactions (i.e., the emission and absorption of photons), the generation and annihilation of charged particles (such as positive and negative electrons), the scattering between charged particles, and the scattering between charged particles and photons. It is very prominent in modern physics in terms of its wide application range, simple and clear basic assumptions, and high precision in the degree of agreement with experiments. QED is the first successful quantum field theory and is an important part of the standard model theory.
The extension of the symmetry of the standard model of elementary particles involves abelian and non-abelian groups of symmetry that lead to various physical and cosmological effects of QCD-like and QED-like new physics. Cutting-edge applications of QED often utilise the spatial and temporal symmetries of the light and the material under investigation—for example, in studies related to chiroptical phenomena and chirality.
Thus, this Special issue is devoted to the broad range of Quantum Physics and Quantum Electrodynamics topics which are related to the ideas of symmetry. We would like to invite all Colleagues to submit their original research, review and short communication articles to the issue.
Prof. Dr. Dmitry Gitman
Guest Editor
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