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Packet J: Bonus 14

The Wightman axioms give requirements for these things, which have infinitely many degrees of freedom. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these things that permeate space and are characterized by their Lagrangian density, such as in the Klein–Gordon equation. Particles arise from excitations in these things.
ANSWER: fields [or quantum fields]
[10h] Haag’s theorem argues that quantum field theories are ill-formed because these representations cannot exist. In this representation, both states and operators are time-dependent.
ANSWER: interaction picture [accept, but DO NOT REVEAL, Dirac picture]
[10e] This originator of quantum field theory names a relativistic generalization of the Schrödinger equation. This British physicist’s namesake delta function is infinite at the origin and vanishes everywhere else.
ANSWER: Paul Dirac [accept Dirac equation or Dirac delta function]
<Indiana A, Physics> | Packet-J_Indiana-A_UNC-A_UW-A

HeardPPBE %M %H %
6115.9085%61%13%

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Brandeis BDartmouth A0000
Harvard ABrown A1001020ME
Harvard BTufts A1001020ME
MIT ABU1001020ME
UMass BostonBrandeis A001010E

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California2025-02-01✓323.33100%100%33%
Florida2025-02-01✓36.6733%33%0%
Great Lakes2025-02-01✓615.00100%50%0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01✓613.3367%50%17%
Midwest2025-02-01✓616.6783%67%17%
North2025-02-01✓323.33100%100%33%
Northeast2025-02-01✓514.0080%60%0%
Overflow2025-02-01✓512.0080%20%20%
South Central2025-02-01✓225.00100%100%50%
Southeast2025-02-01✓320.00100%100%0%
UK2025-02-01✓1016.0090%60%10%
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01✓616.67100%50%17%
Upstate NY2025-02-01✓313.3367%67%0%