Quantum Field Theory - Rilegato

Mandl, Franz; Shaw, Graham

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0471496839 ISBN 13: 9780471496830

Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2007

Riassunto

Following on from the successful first (1984) and revised (1993) editions, this extended and revised text is designed as a short and simple introduction to quantum field theory for final year physics students and for postgraduate students beginning research in theoretical and experimental particle physics.

The three main objectives of the book are to:

Explain the basic physics and formalism of quantum field theory

To make the reader proficient in theory calculations using Feynman diagrams

To introduce the reader to gauge theories, which play a central role in elementary particle physics.

Thus, the first ten chapters deal with QED in the canonical formalism, and are little changed from the first edition. A brief introduction to gauge theories (Chapter 11) is then followed by two sections, which may be read independently of each other. They cover QCD and related topics (Chapters 12-15) and the unified electroweak theory (Chapters 16 - 19) respectively. Problems are provided at the end of each chapter.

New to this edition:

Five new chapters, giving an introduction to quantum chromodynamics and the methods used to understand it: in particular, path integrals and the renormalization group.

The treatment of electroweak interactions has been revised and updated to take account of more recent experiments.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Franz Mandl is the author of Quantum Field Theory, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley. Graham Shaw is the author of Quantum Field Theory, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0471496839
• ISBN 13: 9780471496830
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 478