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2 - Scalar Field Theory and Canonical Quantization
from Part I - Quantum Field Theory
Wolfgang Bietenholz, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Uwe-Jens Wiese, Universität Bern, Switzerland
Book:

Uncovering Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model

Published online:

06 February 2025

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02 January 2025, pp 37-48
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Summary

Scalar field theory is quantized canonically. We also discuss the Noether current at the classical level and the vacuum energy at the quantum level.

6 - Quantization
from PART I - Basics
Michel Talagrand
Book:

What Is a Quantum Field Theory?

Published online:

22 February 2022

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17 March 2022, pp 145-175
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We provide the briefest introduction to Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics, and we explore several routes by which the physicists argue that the massive scalar field is a quantization of a natural classical field, the Klein-Gordon field.