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Borneo, Physics Research Institute.
Li Qiwei bent over his desk, writing furiously. At times his brow furrowed slightly; at others, enlightenment suddenly dawned on him.
If any physicist had seen what was written on those pages, they would have been shocked speechless.
"There are no particles in the universe, no waves. Everything is the excitation and motion of fields!"
That sentence alone overturned the foundations of physics built over centuries, as well as the traditional understanding of Quantum Mechanics.
It was simply earth-shattering and scandalous!
That was right—this was the renowned Quantum Field Theory!
It organically combined classical field theory, Special Relativity, and Quantum Mechanics, forming a revolutionary theory for describing the universe!
One could say that Quantum Field Theory was the ultimate evolution of Quantum Mechanics.
Quantum Field Theory held that fields existed everywhere in the universe, permeating all of space.
Particles were quantum excitations of fields, much like waves striking water and splashing up droplets.
Every kind of particle had its corresponding field. Processes such as the creation and annihilation of particles were, in truth, transformations and effects of fields.
Photons corresponded to the electromagnetic field and transmitted electromagnetic interactions, which were described by Quantum Electrodynamics.
W/Z Bosons corresponded to W/Z Boson fields and transmitted weak interactions, which were described by the theory of Electroweak Unification.
Take note here: weak interactions did not possess their own "Quantum XX Dynamics."
Because they could be unified with electromagnetic interactions under high-energy conditions, they were incorporated into the higher-level theory of Electroweak Unification.
Gluons corresponded to gluon fields and transmitted Strong Interactions, which were described by Quantum Chromodynamics.
In addition, electrons had electron fields, but those fields could be included within the three major frameworks above, so they likewise had no specialized dynamics theory.
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