Some Philosophical Aspects of Particle Physics

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 11 (4):279 (1980)
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The paper is concerned with explaining some of the principal theoretical developments in elementary particle physics and discussing the associated methodological problems both in respect of heuristics and appraisal. Particular reference is made to relativistic quantum field theory, renormalization, Feynman diagram techniques, the analytic S-matrix and the Chew — Frautschi bootstrap.

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10.1016/0039-3681(80)90008-4

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