On Mon, May 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM Brent Meeker <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Virtual particles are just part of infinite series expansions of Green's > functions in Feynman diagrams QED. Your assertion is like saying some term > in the Fourier expansion of a square wave exists.* *Yes but.... some terms in the Fourier expansion of a square wave DO exist. As I said in my previous post, there is almost always more than one way to derive something in physics or mathematics. * *John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>* 5r! > > On 5/5/2025 1:28 PM, John K Clark wrote: > > > *I believe virtual particles exist for a number of reasons, the most > important being experiments insist that they do. If you assume that virtual > particles are real you are then able to make the most precise theoretical > prediction not just in physics but in all of science, one part in 10 > trillion. The theory of Quantum Electrodynamics, which is about virtual > particles, predicted that the electron's magnetic moment should be > approximately 0.001,159,652,181,643, the most accurate experimental > measurement says it's approximately 0.001,159,652,180.* > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv0RPKOdyc237fc8kEHu7OydzmHa%3DbL6OZ_yBWX5e60FGA%40mail.gmail.com.
