quantum electrodynamics

Abelian gauge theory describing quantum interactions of the electromagnetic field with matter
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quantum electrodynamics

Summary

quantum electrodynamics is a branch of physics[1]. It draws 720 Wikipedia views per month (branch_of_physics category, ranking #12 of 105).[2]

Key Facts

  • quantum electrodynamics is credited with the discovery of Paul Dirac[3].
  • quantum electrodynamics's image is recorded as Bhabha scattering t-channel.svg[4].
  • quantum electrodynamics's instance of is recorded as branch of physics[5].
  • quantum electrodynamics's GND ID is recorded as 4047982-1[6].
  • quantum electrodynamics's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85109459[7].
  • quantum electrodynamics's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119789988[8].
  • quantum electrodynamics's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00569864[9].
  • quantum electrodynamics's Commons category is recorded as Quantum electrodynamics[10].
  • quantum electrodynamics's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 41735[11].
  • +1927-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of quantum electrodynamics[12].
  • quantum electrodynamics's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/069zl[13].
  • quantum electrodynamics's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph122051[14].
  • quantum electrodynamics's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Quantum electrodynamics[15].
  • quantum electrodynamics's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 530.1433[16].
  • quantum electrodynamics's PSH ID is recorded as 3524[17].
  • quantum electrodynamics's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0177638[18].
  • quantum electrodynamics's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[19].
  • quantum electrodynamics's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/quantum-electrodynamics-physics[20].
  • quantum electrodynamics's topic has template is recorded as Template:QED[21].
  • quantum electrodynamics's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/quantum-electrodynamics[22].
  • quantum electrodynamics's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'QED'}[23].
  • quantum electrodynamics's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'QED'}[24].
  • quantum electrodynamics's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'КЭД'}[25].
  • quantum electrodynamics's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'EDC'}[26].
  • quantum electrodynamics's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'КЕД'}[27].

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Works and Contributions

quantum electrodynamics is credited with the discovery of Paul Dirac[3].

Why It Matters

quantum electrodynamics draws 720 Wikipedia views per month (branch_of_physics category, ranking #12 of 105).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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