Quantum field theory / Claude Itzykson and Jean-Bernard Zuber (Commissariat à I’Energie Atomique Centre d’Etudes Nucléaires de Saclay)

By:

Itzykson, Claude, 1938-1995 [VerfasserIn]

Contributor(s):

Zuber, Jean-Bernard [VerfasserIn]

Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Dover books on physicsPublisher: Mineola, New York : Dover Publications, Inc., 2005Edition: Dover editionDescription: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxiv, 705 Seiten) : IllustrationenISBN:

0486134695
9780486134697

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Lehrbuch

Additional physical formats: 0486445682 | 9780486445687 | Erscheint auch als: Quantum field theory. Druck-Ausgabe Dover edition. Mineola, New York : Dover Publications, Inc., 2005. xxxiv, 705 SeitenRVK: RVK: UO 4000LOC classification:

QC174.45

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Summary: 1. Classical theory. Principle of least action ; Symmetries and conservation laws ; Propagation and radiation -- 2. The Dirac equation. Toward a relativistic wave equation ; Physical content ; Hydrogen-like atoms ; Hole theory and charge conjugation ; Dirac propagator -- 3. Quantization -- free fields. Canonical quantization ; Quantized radiation field ; Dirac field and exclusion principle ; Discrete symmetries -- 4. Interaction with an external field. Quantized electromagnetic field interacting with a classical source ; Wick's theorem ; Quantized Dirac field interacting with a classical potential -- 5. Elementary processes. S matrix and asymptotic theory ; Applications ; Unitarity and causality -- 6. Perturbation theory. Interaction representation and Feynman rules ; Diagrammatics ; Analytic properties -- 7. Radiative corrections. One-loop renormalization ; Radiative corrections to the interaction with an external field ; New effects -- 8. Renormalization. Regularization and power counting ; Renormalization ; Zero-mass limit, asymptotic behavior, and Weinberg's theorem ; The case of quantum electrodynamics -- 9. Functional methods. Path integrals ; Relativistic formulation ; Constrained systems ; Large orders in perturbation theory -- 10. Integral equations and bound-state problems. The Dyson-Schwinger equations ; Relativistic bound states ; Hyperfine splitting in positronium -- 11. Symmetries. Quantum implementation of symmetries ; Mass spectrum, multiplets, and Goldstone bosons ; Current algebra ; The [sigma] model ; Anomalies -- 12. Nonabelian gauge fields. Classical theory ; Quantization of gauge fields ; The effective action at the one-loop order ; Renormalization ; Massive gauge fields ; The Weinberg-Salam model -- 13. Asymptotic behavior. Effective charge in electrodynamics ; Broken scale invariance ; Scale invariance recovered ; Deep inelastic Lepton-Hadron scattering and electron-positron annihilation into Hadrons ; Operator product expansions -- Appendix. A-1. Metric ; A-2. Dirac matrices and spinors ; A-3. Normalization of states, S matrix, unitarity, and cross sections ; A-4. Feynman rules.Summary: This text offers a balanced treatment of quantum field theory, providing both formal presentation and numerous examples. It begins with the standard quantization of electrodynamics, culminating in the perturbative renormalization, and proceeds to functional methods, relativistic bound states, broken symmetries, nonabelian gauge fields, and asymptotic behavior. 157 figures. 1980 editionPPN: PPN: 1734627301Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-4-NLEBK

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