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Luis Álvarez-Gaumé Quotes

born 1955 Spain

Luis Álvarez-Gaumé (born 1955) is a Spanish theoretical physicist who deals with string theory and quantum gravity.

Spain
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In spite of the impressive success of quantum mechanics in describing atomic physics, it was immediately clear after its formulation that its relativistic extension was not free of difficulties.

An Invitation to Quantum Field Theory (2012)

If Dirac’s idea restores the stability of the spectrum by introducing a stable vacuum where all negative energy states are occupied, the so-called Dirac sea, it also leads directly to the conclusion that a single-particle interpretation of the Dirac equation is not possible.

An Invitation to Quantum Field Theory (2012)

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