Quantum Field Theory
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Quantum Field Theory

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Quantum Field Theory

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Preface
  6. Notes
  7. 1 Photons and the Electromagnetic Field
  8. 2 Lagrangian Field Theory
  9. 3 The Klein–Gordon Field
  10. 4 The Dirac Field
  11. 5 Photons: Covariant Theory
  12. 6 The S-Matrix Expansion
  13. 7 Feynman Diagrams and Rules in QED
  14. 8 QED Processes in Lowest Order
  15. 9 Radiative Corrections
  16. 10 Regularization1
  17. 11 Gauge Theories
  18. 12 Field Theory Methods
  19. 13 Path Integrals
  20. 14 Quantum Chromodynamics
  21. 15 Asymptotic Freedom
  22. 16 Weak Interactions
  23. 17 A Gauge Theory of Weak Interactions
  24. 18 Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking
  25. 19 The Standard Electroweak Theory
  26. Appendix A: The Dirac Equation
  27. Appendix B: Feynman Rules and Formulae for Perturbation Theory
  28. Index