An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory / Edition 1

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Overview

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.

This book is a clear and comprehensive introduction to quantum field theory, one that develops the subject systematically from its beginnings. The book builds on calculation techniques toward an explanation of the physics of renormalization.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780201503975
  • Publisher: Westview Press
  • Publication date: 10/28/1995
  • Series: Frontiers in Physics
  • Edition description: REV
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 864
  • Sales rank: 1,199,276
  • Product dimensions: 6.54 (w) x 9.46 (h) x 1.66 (d)

Meet the Author

Michael E. Peskin received his doctorate in physics from Cornell University and has held research appointments in theoretical physics at Harvard, Cornell, and CEN Saclay. In 1982, he joined the staff of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, where he is now Professor of Physics. Daniel V. Schroeder received his doctorate in physics from Stanford University in 1990. He held visiting appointments at Pomona College before joining the faculty of Weber State University, where he is now Associate Professor of Physics. Michael E. Peskin received his doctorate in physics from Cornell University and has held research appointments in theoretical physics at Harvard, Cornell, and CEN Saclay. In 1982, he joined the staff of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, where he is now Professor of Physics. Daniel V. Schroeder received his doctorate in physics from Stanford University in 1990. He held visiting appointments at Pomona College before joining the faculty of Weber State University, where he is now Associate Professor of Physics.
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Table of Contents

Preface
Notations and Conventions
Editor's Foreword
1 Pair Production in e[superscript +]e[superscript -] Annihilation 3
2 The Klein-Gordon Field 13
3 The Dirac Field 35
4 Interacting Fields and Feynman Diagrams 77
5 Elementary Processes of Quantum Electrodynamics 131
6 Radiative Corrections: Introduction 175
7 Radiative Corrections: Some Formal Developments 211
8 Ultraviolet Cutoffs and Critical Fluctuations 265
9 Functional Methods 275
10 Systematics of Renormalization 315
11 Renormalization and Symmetry 347
12 The Renormalization Group 393
13 Critical Exponents and Scalar Field Theory 439
14 The Parton Model of Hadron Structure 473
15 Non-Abelian Gauge Invariance 481
16 Quantization of Non-Abelian Gauge Theories 505
17 Quantum Chromodynamics 545
18 Operator Products and Effective Vertices 599
19 Perturbation Theory Anomalies 651
20 Gauge Theories with Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking 689
21 Quantization of Spontaneously Broken Gauge Theories 731
22 Quantum Field Theory at the Frontier 781
Appendix: Reference Formulae 801
Bibliography 811
Index 817
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