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We shall now apply the results of the previous chapter to the free real and complex Klein—Gordon fields, as well as to the Dirac and radiation fields. We shall thereby derive the fundamental properties of these free field theories. The spin-statistics theorem will also be proved.
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See, e. g., E. Segrè, Nuclei and Particles, 2nd ed., Benjamin/Cummins, London (1977)
O. Nachtmann, Elementary Particle Physics, Springer, Heidelberg (1990)
See, e. g., E. Segrè, Nuclei and Particles, 2nd ed., Benjamin/Cummins, London (1977)
O. Nachtmann, Elementary Particle Physics, Springer, Heidelberg (1990)
A general proof for interacting fields on the basis of axiomatic field theory can be found in R.F. Streater, A.S. Wightman, PCT, Spin & Statistics and all that, W.A. Benjamin, New York, 1964, p. 146 f.
J.D. Bjorken and S.D. Drell, Relativistic Quantum Fields, McGraw Hill, New York, 1965, p. 171.
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Schwabl, F. (2004). Free Fields. In: Advanced Quantum Mechanics. Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05418-5_13
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