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Encyclopedia > Partition function (quantum field theory)

In quantum field theory, we have a generating functional, Z[J] of correlation functions and this value, called the partition function is usually expressed by something like the following functional integral:

where S is the action functional. This is very analogous to statistical mechanics. In fact, a Wick rotation emphasizes the similarities.


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Partition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (598 words)
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Relativistic quantum field theories are indispensable in particle physics (see the standard model), although they are known to arise as effective field theories in condensed matter physics.
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Quantum field theory was created by Dirac when he attempted to quantize the electromagnetic field in the late 1920s.
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