Quantum Field Theory: An Integrated Approach - Rilegato

Fradkin, Eduardo

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ISBN 10: 0691149089 ISBN 13: 9780691149080

Casa editrice: Princeton Univ Pr, 2021

Riassunto

The only graduate-level textbook on quantum field theory that fully integrates perspectives from high-energy, condensed-matter, and statistical physics

Quantum field theory was originally developed to describe quantum electrodynamics and other fundamental problems in high-energy physics, but today has become an invaluable conceptual and mathematical framework for addressing problems across physics, including in condensed-matter and statistical physics. With this expansion of applications has come a new and deeper understanding of quantum field theory—yet this perspective is still rarely reflected in teaching and textbooks on the subject. Developed from a year-long graduate course Eduardo Fradkin has taught for years to students of high-energy, condensed-matter, and statistical physics, this comprehensive textbook provides a fully "multicultural" approach to quantum field theory, covering the full breadth of its applications in one volume.

• Brings together perspectives from high-energy, condensed-matter, and statistical physics in both the main text and exercises
• Takes students from basic techniques to the frontiers of physics
• Pays special attention to the relation between measurements and propagators and the computation of cross sections and response functions
• Focuses on renormalization and the renormalization group, with an emphasis on fixed points, scale invariance, and their role in quantum field theory and phase transitions
• Other topics include non-perturbative phenomena, anomalies, and conformal invariance
• Features numerous examples and extensive problem sets
• Also serves as an invaluable resource for researchers

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Informazioni sull'autore

Eduardo Fradkin is the Donald Biggar Willett Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. An internationally recognized leader in theoretical physics and a member of the National Academy of Sciences, he is the author of Field Theories of Condensed Matter Physics.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Princeton Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2021
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0691149089
• ISBN 13: 9780691149080
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 732
• Contatto del produttore: Princeton University Press; https://press.princeton.edu/books; ; 7th Floor, New South Building; PRINCETON; NJ; 8544; U.S.A.
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile