Classical Physics and Quantum Loops
- 11 November 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 93 (20) , 201602
Abstract
The standard picture of the loop expansion associates a factor of with each loop, suggesting that the tree diagrams are to be associated with classical physics, while loop effects are quantum mechanical in nature. We discuss counterexamples wherein classical effects arise from loop diagrams and display the relationship between the classical terms and the long range effects of massless particles.
Keywords
All Related Versions
This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
- Introduction to Chiral Perturbation Theory2005
- Quantum corrections to the Schwarzschild and Kerr metricsPhysical Review D, 2003
- Quantum gravitational corrections to the nonrelativistic scattering potential of two massesPhysical Review D, 2003
- Quantum power correction to the Newton lawJournal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics, 2002
- Quantum corrections to the Reissner–Nordström and Kerr–Newman metricsPhysics Letters B, 2002
- General relativity as an effective field theory: The leading quantum correctionsPhysical Review D, 1994
- Quantum Field TheoryPhysics Today, 1984
- Long-range forces between a charged and neutral systemPhysical Review A, 1983
- Quantum field-theoretical electromagnetic and gravitational two-particle potentialsPhysical Review D, 1980
- Long-range potentials and the electromagnetic polarizabilitiesAnnals of Physics, 1976