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Arthur Wightman

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#754

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PhD Physics Princeton University

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According to Wikipedia, Arthur Strong Wightman was an American mathematical physicist. He was one of the founders of the axiomatic approach to quantum field theory, and originated the set of Wightman axioms. With his rigorous treatment of quantum field theories, he promoted research on various aspects of modern mathematical physics.

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PCT, spin and statistics, and all that (1964) (1413)
Analysis, manifolds, and physics (1977) (663)
Mathematical Physics. (539)
The Intrinsic Parity of Elementary Particles (1952) (514)
Quantum Field Theory in Terms of Vacuum Expectation Values (1956) (405)
On the Localizability of Quantum Mechanical Systems (1962) (345)
Proof of the charge superselection rule in local relativistic quantum field theory (1974) (295)
Constructive quantum field theory II (1973) (191)
Pade approximants and the anharmonic oscillator (1969) (184)
Moderation of Negative Mesons in Hydrogen I: Moderation from High Energies to Capture by an H$sub 2$ Molecule (1950) (155)
INTRODUCTION TO SOME ASPECTS OF THE RELATIVISTIC DYNAMICS OF QUANTIZED FIELDS. (1968) (153)
FIELDS AS OPERATOR-VALUED DISTRIBUTIONS IN RELATIVISTIC QUANTUM THEORY (1965) (126)
Configuration Space Methods in Relativistic Quantum Field Theory. I (1955) (113)
Superselection rules; old and new (1995) (81)
Hilbert''s sixth problem: Mathematical treatment of the ax-ioms of Physics (1976) (75)
Superselection Rule for Charge (1970) (74)
Invariant Wave Equations (1978) (65)
A theorem on invariant analytic functions with applications to relativistic quantum field theory (1957) (60)
Renormalization: From Lorentz to Landau (and Beyond) (1994) (53)
The Collected Works of Eugene Paul Wigner : the Scientific Papers (1993) (44)
Rigorous Atomic and Molecular Physics (1981) (44)
The Collected Works of Eugene Paul Wigner, Part A: Scientific Papers, Part B: Historical, Philosophical, and Socio‐Political Papers (1996) (44)
Fundamental problems of gauge field theory (1986) (38)
Studies in mathematical physics : essays in honor of Valentine Bargmann (2015) (35)
Invariant wave equations : proceedings of the "Ettore Majorana" International School of Mathematical Physics held in Erice, June 27 to July 9, 1977 (1978) (28)
Superselection rules in molecules (1989) (25)
Note on Polarization Effects in Compton Scattering (1948) (25)
A general class of cut-off model field theories (1969) (23)
Relativistic invariance and quantum mechanics (1959) (18)
THE INHOMOGENEOUS WAVE EQUATION IN LOCAL RELATIVISTIC QUANTUM FIELD THEORY (1960) (16)
How it was learned that quantized fields are operator-valued distributions (1996) (14)
Regular and chaotic motions in dynamic systems (1985) (12)
Introduction to the physical applications of invariant wave equations (1978) (12)
The Analytic Properties of the Vacuum Expectation Value of a Product of Three Scalar Local Fields (1958) (11)
Renormalization Theory. Proceedings, NATO Advanced Study Institute (1976) (10)
Should We Believe in Quantum Field Theory (1979) (10)
Renormalization theory : proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held at the International School of Mathematical Physics at the "Ettore Majorana" Centre for Scientific Culture in Erice (Sicily) Italy, 17-31 August 1975 (1976) (10)
Constructive quantum field theory : the 1973 "Ettore Majorana" International School of Mathematical Physics (1973) (10)
Constructive Field Theory Introduction to the Problems (1973) (9)
Pions to quarks: The general theory of quantized fields in the 1950s (1989) (9)
Troubles in the external field problem for invariant wave equations : lectures from the Coral Gables Conference on Fundamental Interactions at High Energy, January 20-22, 1971 (1971) (8)
What is the point of so‐called “axiomatic field theory”? (1969) (8)
Looking Back at Quantum Field Theory (1981) (7)
The Acceleration of Dust Grains by Supernovae (1950) (6)
Regular and Chaotic Motions in Dynamical Systems Introduction to the Problems (1985) (6)
Eugene Paul Wigner (1997) (6)
The spin-statistics connection; some pedagogical remarks in response to Neuenschwander's question. (2000) (6)
Part I: Physical Chemistry. Part II: Solid State Physics (1997) (6)
The usefulness of a general theory of quantized fields (1999) (5)
$mu$-MESON DECAY, $beta$ RADIOACTIVITY, AND UNIVERSAL FERMI INTERACTION (1954) (4)
The absorption of negative $pi$-mesons by protons (1949) (3)
THE STABILITY OF REPRESENTATIONS OF THE POINCARE GROUP. (1968) (2)
Further Remarks on the Absorption of π - -Mesons in Hydrogen (1950) (2)
Pais' f-Field Theory and the Mirror Nuclei (1947) (2)
What constructive field theory says about currents (1974) (2)
Fundamental Problems of Gauge Field Theory: Introduction to the Problems (1986) (2)
The general theory of invariant wave equations (1978) (2)
The scientific papers (1993) (2)
Introduction to the Problems (2019) (1)
PROBLEM OF EXISTENCE OF SOLUTIONS IN QUANTUM FIELD THEORY. (1968) (1)
Vacuum expectation values and analytic functions (1959) (1)
How to Parametrize the Solutions of Lagrangian Field Theories: Symmetry Breaking, and Dimensional Interpolation and Renormalization in the (ϕ4)n Model (1977) (1)
Part I: Particles and Fields. Part II: Foundations of Quantum Mechanics (1997) (1)
Conceptual foundations of quantum field theory: Panel discussion (1999) (1)
Riemann, Topology, and Physics (Michael Monastyrsky) (1990) (1)
Instability Phenomena in the External Field Problem for Two Classes of Relativistic Wave Equations (2015) (1)
Dual potentials of free Dirac currents as exactly soluble models (1994) (1)
Three formulas for the off-diagonal density matrix of a dirac spinor, with an application (2001) (1)
Atomic and Molecular Theory Since Bohr: Logical and Mathematical Survey (1944) (1)
Wigner on Particles and Fields (1997) (1)
Three Exactly Soluble Quantum Field Theory Models in 2-,3- and 4-Dimensional Space Time and Some General Questions They Suggest (1992) (1)
For Res Jost, and To Arthur Wightman (1990) (0)
OF THE AMS 769 Eugene Paul Wigner 1902 – 1995 A (1998) (0)
Allen Goodrich Shenstone (1980) (0)
Lecture Series in Differential Equations Session 5. Differential Equations of Mathematical Physics (1966) (0)
The Present State of Quantum Field Theory (代数解析学の最近の発展) (1979) (0)
Academic Genealogy of Melvin Leok (2004) (0)
Ideas about the role of currents in particle physics (1974) (0)
Matrix elements of local operators (1974) (0)
CONSTRUCTIVE QUANTUM FIELD THEORY FROM I TO II REMARKS ON WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED (1990) (0)
LOCAL QUANTUM THEORY AND QUANTUM FIELD THEORY (1964) (0)
Quantum Physics: Renormalization and Invariance in Quantum Field Theory . Papers from a NATO Advanced Study Institute, Capri, Italy, July 1973. Eduardo R. Caianiello, Ed. Plenum, New York, 1974. vii, 404 pp. $28. (1975) (0)
Quantum Physics. (Book Reviews: Renormalization and Invariance in Quantum Field Theory. Papers from a NATO Advanced Study Institute, Capri, Italy, July 1973) (1975) (0)
Parallel session on the foundations of quantum mechanics (1982) (0)
A theory of electromagnetic and weak interactions (1974) (0)
Non Perturbative Dimensional Interpolation (1980) (0)
Theoretical physics: application of field theory to statistical mechanics. (1985) (0)
Remarks on What We Have Learned (1990) (0)
The mathematics of quantum theory (1959) (0)
Constructive and Euclidean Field Theory and Connections to Statistical Mechanics (2016) (0)
THE GEOMETRY OF GAUGE FIELDS (1979) (0)
Irving Ezra Segal (1918–1998), Volume 46, Number 6 (1998) (0)
Book-Review - Regular and Chaotic Motions in Dynamic Systems (1987) (0)
BOOK REVIEW: A Tale of Two Contienents: A Physicist's Life in a Turbulent World by Abraham Pais (1998) (0)
The Source Method: Particles, Sources, and Fields . Julian Schwinger. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass., 1970. vi, 426 pp. $14.95. Addison- Wesley Series in Physics. (1971) (0)
Studies in Applied Mathematics (Victor Guillemin, ed.) (1985) (0)
The Mechanisms of Stochasticity in Classical Dynamical Systems (2020) (0)
Theoretical Physics: Application of Field Theory to Statistical Mechanics . L. Garrido, Ed. Springer-Verlag, New York, 1985. viii, 352 pp. Paper, $23.70. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol. 216. From a conference, Sitges, Barcelona, Spain, June 1984. (1985) (0)
3. Fields and Vacuum Expectation Values (2001) (0)
To Prevent Misunderstanding (1949) (0)
Local currents and their applications : proceedings of an informal conference, Princeton, N.J., 8-10 October, 1971 (1974) (0)
Theoretical physics at the IHÉS. Some retrospective remarks (1998) (0)
Local currents and their applications. Proceedings of a conference held at Princeton, New Jersey, October 8--10, 1971 (1974) (0)
4. Some General Theorems of Relativistic Quantum Field Theory (2001) (0)
What we have learned about representing local nonrelativistic current algebras (1974) (0)
The Quantum Theory (0)
2. Some Mathematical Tools (2001) (0)
Finite Quantum Electrodynamics (G. Scharf) (1991) (0)
Research in Statistical Mechanics and Solid State Physics. (1975) (0)
Anomalies in Ward identities and current commutation relations (1974) (0)
Lectures on Statistical Mechanics (II) (1966) (0)
Atomic and Molecular Theory Since Bohr: Historical Survey (1944) (0)
1. Relativistic Transformation Laws (2001) (0)
The external field problem (1978) (0)

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