quantum field theory
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1. the branch of quantum physics that is concerned with the theory of fields; it was motivated by the question of how an atom radiates light as its electrons jump from excited states (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | quantum physics, |
| definition | : | the branch of physics based on quantum theory (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | qed, quantum electrodynamics, |
| definition | : | a relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muons (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | qcd, quantum chromodynamics, |
| definition | : | a theory of strong interactions between elementary particles (including the interaction that binds protons and neutrons in the nucleus); it assumes that strongly interacting particles (hadrons) are made of quarks and that gluons bind the quarks together (noun.cognition) |
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