Talk:Field (physics)
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what is missing here: field properties, e.g: homogeneous vs. nonhomogeneous, conservative vs. dissipative, central field, curl-field...
Don't we want all sorts of things in here, such as 4-Lagrangians, Lorentz covariance, tensor notation, Euler-Lagrange equations for a field, examples of Classical Electrodynamics, the metric as a potentials for gravitation etc? -Masud 17:18, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
Heavily re-organised the page, and linked to classical field theory. -Masud 03:06, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
Added continuous random fields, because the relationship between quantum fields and continuous random fields is my research interest. It's possible to formulate quantum fluctuations in a continuous random field formalism, as well as and distinct from thermal fluctuations. The significance of such is TBD. What I've added to the Field (physics) page is probably not contentious, whereas my research is. Linking to details in other pages seems appropriate for a Field (physics) page, rather than the details of 4-Lagrangians etc. being here -PeterQ 14:44, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
Quick note: the "physical" link in the first line goes to a disambiguation page in which there are no references to physics, the branch of science.
[edit] Alert! Heavy Bias
This article is heavy biased towards the fields of high energy and elementary particle physics, and this problem must be corrected as soon as possible.
"In modern physics, the most often studied fields are those that model the four fundamental forces." -Actually, modern physics also includes quantum stat-mech, solid state physics, condensed matter physics, where fields that model things other than fundamental forces are common.
The only example of fields under classical fields are the elementary fields such as electromagnetic and gravitational. What about other classical fields that are ubiquitous in areas outside elementary physics, such as velocity, density, pressure fields in fluid dynamics?
The examples given under quantum fields are again, the elementary particle fields. What about the quantum fields used in condensed matter physics?
I am not an expert in any of these subjects, as I am myself a high energy particle physicist. If someone could rectify this problem, that would by much appreciated.
--TriTertButoxy (talk) 17:42, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
