An introduction to quantum field theory / Michael E. Peskin, Daniel V. Schroeder.

By: Peskin, Michael Edward, 1951-Contributor(s): Schroeder, Daniel V Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Levant Books : India, 1995. Description: xxii, 842 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0201503972; 8187169524Subject(s): Quantum field theory | Renormalization (Physics) | Feynman diagrams | Gauge fields (Physics)DDC classification: 530.143 Online resources: WorldCat details | E-book Fulltext

Contents:

Invitation : pair production in e⁺e⁻ annihilation -- The Klein-Gordon field -- The Dirac field -- Interacting fields and Feynman diagrams -- Elementary processes of quantum electrodynamics -- Radiative corrections : introduction -- Radiative corrections : some formal developments -- Ultraviolet cutoffs and critical fluctuations -- Functional methods -- Systematics of renormalization -- Renormalization and symmetry -- The renormalization group -- Critical exponents and scalar field theory -- The parton model of hadron structure -- Non-Abelian gauge Invariance -- Quantization of non-Abelian gauge theories -- Quantum chromodynamics -- Operator products and effective vertices -- Perturbation theory anomalies -- Gauge theories with spontaneous symmetry breaking -- Quantization of spontaneously broken gauge theories -- Quantum field theory at the frontier -- Appendix: Reference formulae. TOC

Summary: An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory is a textbook intended for the graduate physics course covering relativistic quantum mechanics, quantum electrodynamics, and Feynman diagrams. The authors make these subjects accessible through carefully worked examples illustrating the technical aspects of the subject, and intuitive explanations of what is going on behind the mathematics. After presenting the basics of quantum electrodynamics, the authors discuss the theory of renormalization and its relation to statistical mechanics, and introduce the renormalization group. This discussion sets the stage for a discussion of the physical principles that underlie the fundamental interactions of elementary particle physics and their description by gauge field theories.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
E-Book	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU E-book	Non-fiction	530.143 PEI 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Not for loan
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Reserve Section	Non-fiction	530.143 PEI 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1	Not For Loan		21641

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Invitation : pair production in e⁺e⁻ annihilation --
The Klein-Gordon field --
The Dirac field --
Interacting fields and Feynman diagrams --
Elementary processes of quantum electrodynamics --
Radiative corrections : introduction --
Radiative corrections : some formal developments --
Ultraviolet cutoffs and critical fluctuations --
Functional methods --
Systematics of renormalization --
Renormalization and symmetry --
The renormalization group --
Critical exponents and scalar field theory --
The parton model of hadron structure --
Non-Abelian gauge Invariance --
Quantization of non-Abelian gauge theories --
Quantum chromodynamics --
Operator products and effective vertices --
Perturbation theory anomalies --
Gauge theories with spontaneous symmetry breaking --
Quantization of spontaneously broken gauge theories --
Quantum field theory at the frontier --
Appendix: Reference formulae. TOC

An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory is a textbook intended for the graduate physics course covering relativistic quantum mechanics, quantum electrodynamics, and Feynman diagrams. The authors make these subjects accessible through carefully worked examples illustrating the technical aspects of the subject, and intuitive explanations of what is going on behind the mathematics. After presenting the basics of quantum electrodynamics, the authors discuss the theory of renormalization and its relation to statistical mechanics, and introduce the renormalization group. This discussion sets the stage for a discussion of the physical principles that underlie the fundamental interactions of elementary particle physics and their description by gauge field theories.

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