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Do you have any thoughts on defining [[field theory]]? Improvements welcome.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 22:22, 1 November 2009 (EST)
Do you have any thoughts on defining [[field theory]]? Improvements welcome.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 22:22, 1 November 2009 (EST)
:Looks like a solid start to me. I'm no physicist, but I'm always one for motivating examples at the beginning of an article. Maybe write down the gravitational field and resulting motion for some simple system? I think Newtonian gravitation is usually called a "classical field theory" or something along those lines, without requiring any sort of carrier particle. I'll jump in with my thoughts when I have a chance, but I'm drowned in work this week.
:PS: I'm not sure about the claim that GR requires/predicts gravitons -- it's my understanding that gravitons come out of QFT, a framework in contrast with the GR understanding of gravity as resulting from curved spacetime. But my knowledge here is really just from pop physics books I read a few years back -- hopefully someone with a better understanding can clarify. --[[User:MarkGall|MarkGall]] 22:32, 1 November 2009 (EST)