RE: Sean Carroll's everyday equation.
July 23, 2016 at 1:49 am
(This post was last modified: July 23, 2016 at 4:35 am by Alex K.)
I can tell you all about it and then some. It's a mathematical expression called the "Partition Function" or in quantum field lingo the "generating functional" (written in very short form) that describes the dynamics of the particles and fields of the standard model, as well as spacetime via Einstein's General Relativity.
The Integrals in the front (the big S signs) describe taking the average over all possible ways the fields can change between two moments in time (as quantum things do...) . The <Lambda indicates that we don't have the complete quantum gravity
Edit:it's not quite the generating functional, but almost
The Integrals in the front (the big S signs) describe taking the average over all possible ways the fields can change between two moments in time (as quantum things do...) . The <Lambda indicates that we don't have the complete quantum gravity
Edit:it's not quite the generating functional, but almost
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition