Quantum Electrodynamics

Accepted · 1948

Status: Accepted
Year: 1948

Summary

Electrons and photons as a relativistic quantum field theory. Its prediction of the electron's magnetic moment matches experiment to twelve digits — the most accurate agreement in all of science.

Timeline

Electron–Positron Annihilation

Equations

Fine-Structure Constant Klein–Gordon Equation Feynman Path Integral Dirac Equation

Proponent

Freeman Dyson Julian Schwinger Richard Feynman Sin-Itiro Tomonaga

Referenced by

equation

Dirac Equation Feynman Path Integral Fine-Structure Constant Klein–Gordon Equation

event

Electron–Positron Annihilation

researcher

Freeman Dyson Julian Schwinger Richard Feynman Sin-Itiro Tomonaga

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