A Modern Introduction to Quantum Field Theory
Published on 25. November 2004
Book
Hardback
310 pages
978-0-19-852073-3 (ISBN)
Description
The importance and the beauty of modern quantum field theory resides in the power and variety of its methods and ideas, which find application in domains as different as particle physics, cosmology, condensed matter, statistical mechanics and critical phenomena. This book introduces the reader to the modern developments, assuming no previous knowledge of quantum field theory. Along with standard topics like Feynman diagrams, the book discusses effective lagrangians, renormalization group equations, the path integral formulation, spontaneous symmetry breaking and non-abelian gauge theories. The inclusion of more advanced topics will also make this a most useful book for graduate students and researchers.
Reviews / Votes
Aiming at graduate students, this novel textbook on the theory of quantum fields differs from any other existing books on the same subject since it focuses on the generality of its methods and ideas rather than on its power as a calculational tool. * Gert Roepstorff, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol 1078, 2006 * The author gives a nice conceptual discussion of divergences in loop amplitudes, the need to renormalize, and how both renormalization group...he manages to convey the main ideas without getting lost in technical details. * Physics Today * All in all, Maggiore's approach is precisely the one that should be taken in an undergraduate course: Introduce the "big" ideas and leave the computational and thornier technical details for subsequent courses. * Physics Today *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Primary: final-year undergraduates specialising in high-energy and condensed matter physics. Secondary: graduate students and researchers working in theoretical physics (especially particles, but also condensed matter, statistical mechanics, cosmology and astrophysics) or experimental particle physics.
Illustrations
numerous line figures
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 208 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
886 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-852073-3 (9780198520733)
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Michele Maggiore
A Modern Introduction to Quantum Field Theory
Book
11/2004
Oxford University Press
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Person
Michele Maggiore is Professor of Physics at the University of Geneva in Switzerland.
Content
1. Introduction ; 2. Lorentz and Poincare symmetries in quantum field theory ; 3. Classical field theory ; 4. Quantization of free fields ; 5. Perturbation theory and Feynman diagrams ; 6. Cross sections and decay rates ; 7. Quantum electrodynamics ; 8. The low-energy limit of the electroweak theory ; 9. Path integral quantization ; 10. Non-Abelian gauge theories ; 11. Spontaneous symmetry breaking