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Classical physics and quantum loops
Physical Review Letters (2004)
  • Barry R. Holstein
  • John Donoghue, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Abstract
The standard picture of the loop expansion associates a factor of h-bar with each loop, suggesting that the tree diagrams are to be associated with classical physics, while loop effects are quantum mechanical in nature. We discuss examples wherein classical effects arise from loop contributions and display the relationship between the classical terms and the long range effects of massless particles.
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Publication Date
November 11, 2004
Publisher Statement
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.201602
Citation Information
Barry R. Holstein and John Donoghue. "Classical physics and quantum loops" Physical Review Letters Vol. 93 Iss. 20 (2004)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/john_donoghue/141/