What is Really Meant by "Virtual Particles"?

Discussion in 'Physics & Math' started by exchemist, Oct 6, 2014.

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  1. exchemist

    exchemist Valued Senior Member

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    Then you have not understood it.

    To risk summarising in a sentence, what this writer is saying is that the term "virtual particle" is unfortunate because what is meant by this term is a disturbance in a QFT field that is not a particle at all, but happens to be modelled in QFT as if it were one.
     
    exchemist, Oct 23, 2014
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