On Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 7:18:21 PM UTC-6, Brent wrote: > > > > On 1/10/2019 4:21 PM, John Clark wrote: > > *So even Feynman knew that there was no theoretical value for the FSC, >> alpha.* >> > > No, he knew very well there was a theory that could come up with a value > because his own Feynman Diagrams could do it. But what he didn't know and > what nobody knows is why his theory came up with that particular pure > number when he never specifically stuck that number into the rules on how > the diagrams should operate. > > > The fine structure constant is e^2/hbar*c. Those three values are > measured independent of any Feynman diagrams of quantum field theory. The > calculation using Feynman diagrams is of the anamolous magnetic moment. A > correction to the value of g that depend on relativistic effects (hence the > occurence of c in the denominator). The anamolous magnetic moment can be > measure experimentally and using Feynman's diagrams and the measured values > of e, hbar, and c a value can be calculated that includes the relativistic > effects of quantum field theory. That's why the agreement with measurement > is significant. > > Brent >
Everyone seems to be overlooking charge renormalization. LC -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
