John Ward: Memoir of a Theoretical Physicist
Abstract
A scientific biography of John Ward, who was responsible for the Ward Identity in quantum electrodynamics; the first detailed calculation of the quantum entanglement of two photons in electron-positron annihilation with Maurice Pryce; the prediction of neutral weak currents in electroweak theory with Sheldon Glashow and Abdus Salam, and many other major calculations in theoretical physics.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- July 2020
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.2007.16199
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2007.16199
- Bibcode:
- 2020arXiv200716199D
- Keywords:
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- Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics;
- High Energy Physics - Theory
- E-Print:
- Insertion of short paragraph in Introduction and extra names in Acknowledgement