Approximations that matter: virtual particles as carriers of interactions.

In this paper we aim to develop an indispensability argument in support of the existence of virtual particles in scattering processes. In order to avoid the Paradox of Infinite Limits, which allegedly poses a challenge to scientific realism, one needs to de-idealize the fictitious systems introduced...

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Publicado en:Synthese Vol. 205; no. 2; pp. 1 - 28
Autores principales: Cangiotti, Nicolò, Arioli, Gianni, Valente, Giovanni
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Feb2025
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