Particles and Sources

Julian Schwinger
Phys. Rev. 152, 1219 – Published 23 December 1966
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Abstract

It is proposed that the phenomenological theory of particles be based on the source concept, which is abstracted from the physical possibility of creating or annihilating any particle in a suitable collision. The source representation displays both the momentum and the space-time characteristics of particle behavior. Topics discussed include: spin and statistics, charge and the Euclidean postulate, massless particles, and SU3 and spin. It is emphasized that the source description is logically independent of hypotheses concerning the fundamental nature of particles.

  • Received 6 July 1966

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.152.1219

©1966 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Julian Schwinger*

  • Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

  • *Supported in part by the U. S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research under Contract No. A. F. 49(638)-1380.

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Vol. 152, Iss. 4 — December 1966

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