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I think you may have the model and reality mixed up. The waves in the field actually exist, although not quite like any wave we experience. The virtual particle
by dexwiz 6y ago
I think you may have the model and reality mixed up. The waves in the field actually exist, although not quite like any wave we experience. The virtual particle is just a tool to describe some types of wave field interactions.
- simonh 6y agoThere really are perturbations in the field yes, so I suppose my question is to what extent they have an independent existence outside the wave functions of the particles.