A Course in Field Theory
1st Edition
Published on 19. April 2016
234 pages
978-1-4665-9460-9 (ISBN)
Description
Extensively classroom-tested, A Course in Field Theory provides material for an introductory course for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in physics. Based on the author's course that he has been teaching for more than 20 years, the text presents complete and detailed coverage of the core ideas and theories in quantum field theory.
Reviews / Votes
"... a pleasant novelty that manages the impossible: a full course in field theory from a derivation of the Dirac equation to the standard electroweak theory in less than 200 pages. Moreover, the final chapter consists of a careful selection of assorted problems, which are original and either anticipate or detail some of the topics discussed in the bulk of the chapters. Instead of building a treatise out of a collection of lecture notes, the author took the complementary approach and constructed a course out of a number of well-known and classic treatises. The result is fresh and useful. ... the mathematical approach is rigorous, and readers are never spoon-fed but encouraged to focus on the few essential themes of each lecture. ... This book will be useful not only for masters-level students but will, I hope, be well received by teachers and practitioners in the field."-CERN Courier, May 2014
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Baton Rouge
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
28 s/w Abbildungen, 9 s/w Tabellen
28 b/w images and 9 tables
File size
4,29 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4665-9460-9 (9781466594609)
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Additional editions
Pierre van Baal
A Course in Field Theory
Book
08/2013
1st Edition
CRC Press
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Content
Motivation. Quantization of Fields. Euler-Lagrange Equations. Tree-Level Diagrams. Hamiltonian Perturbation Theory. Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics. Path Integrals in Field Theory. Perturbative Expansion in Field Theory. The Scattering Matrix. Cross Sections. Decay Rates. The Dirac Equation.
