Publication Date
2004
Journal or Book Title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Abstract
The standard picture of the loop expansion associates a factor of ¯h with each loop, suggesting that the tree diagrams are to be associated with classical physics, while loop effects are quantum mechanical in nature. We discuss examples wherein classical effects arise from loop contributions and display the relationship between the classical terms and the long range effects of massless particles.
Pages
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Volume
93
Issue
20
Recommended Citation
Holstein, BR and Donoghue, JF, "Classical physics and quantum loops" (2004). PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. 99.
Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umass.edu/physics_faculty_pubs/99
Comments
This is a pre-published version which is collected from arXiv. The published version is at http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v93/i20/e201602