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Author Rivers, R. J., author

Title Path integral methods in quantum field theory / R.J. Rivers
Published Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987

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Description xi, 339 pages : illustraions ; 24 cm
Series Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics
Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
Contents 1. Scalar Green functions and their perturbative solutions -- 2. Connected Green functions and their one-particle irreducible components -- 3. Regularisation and renormalisation -- 4. The scalar functional integral -- 5. Series expansions and their summation -- 6. Taking the path integral more seriously -- 7. Quantum theory on non-simply-connected configuration spaces -- 8. Stochastic quantisation -- 9. Fermions -- 10. Quantum electrodynamics -- 11. Non-abelian gauge theories -- 12. Explicit symmetry breaking and its classical limit -- 13. The effective potential -- 14. Field theory at non-zero temperature -- 15. Field theory at non-zero temperature: real-time formulation -- 16. Instantons -- 17. Composite fields and the large-N limit
Analysis Physics Quantum field theory Applications of path integrals
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 330-335
Subject Path integrals.
Quantum field theory.
LC no. 86026861
ISBN 0521259797
0521368707 (paperback)