Quantum Electrodynamics

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:quantum_field_theory
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:QED
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:electrons
gptkb:muons
charged particles
positrons
tau leptons
charged leptons
gptkbp:describes gptkb:electromagnetic_force
gptkbp:explains gptkb:Compton_scattering
gptkb:Lamb_shift
gptkb:fine_structure_constant
anomalous magnetic dipole moment of the electron
electron-photon interactions
quantum corrections to classical electromagnetism
gptkbp:form gptkb:special_relativity
quantum mechanics
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Julian_Schwinger
gptkb:Paul_Dirac
gptkb:Richard_Feynman
gptkb:Sin-Itiro_Tomonaga
1920s
gptkbp:hasSubfield gptkb:quantum_physics
gptkb:theoretical_physics
particle physics
electrodynamics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Quantum Electrodynamics
gptkbp:languageOfName Lagrangian formalism
Hamiltonian formalism
gptkbp:mediatedBy photon
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear gptkb:Julian_Schwinger
gptkb:Richard_Feynman
gptkb:Sin-Itiro_Tomonaga
1965
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Standard_Model
gptkbp:predicts gptkb:Bremsstrahlung
pair production
spontaneous emission
stimulated emission
vacuum polarization
electron self-energy
photon-photon scattering
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Maxwell's_equations
gptkb:quantum_chromodynamics
quantum mechanics
classical electrodynamics
electroweak theory
gptkbp:studies interaction between light and matter
gptkbp:uses gptkb:perturbation_theory
gptkb:Feynman_diagrams
gptkb:U(1)_gauge_symmetry
renormalization
gauge invariance
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:lion
gptkb:quantum_field_theory
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4