| Description |
xix, 785 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: PART I: Quantum Fields and Renormalization -- 1. Why Quantum Field Theory? -- 2. Symmetries and Group Theory -- 3. Spin O and 1/2 Fields -- 4. Quantum Electrodynamics -- 5. Feynman Rules and LSZ Reduction -- 6. Scattering Processes and the S-Matrix -- 7. Renormalization -- PART II: Gauge Theory and the Standard Model -- 8. Path Integrals -- 9. Gauge Theory -- 10. The Weinberg-Salam Model -- 11. The Standard Model -- 12. Ward Identities, BRST, and Anomalies -- 13. Renormalization of Gauge Theories -- 14. QCD and the Renormalization Group -- PART III: Non-Perturbative Methods and Unification -- 15. Lattice Gauge Theory -- 16. Solitons, Monopoles, and Instantons -- 17. Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena -- 18. Grand Unified Theories -- 19. Quantum Gravity -- 20. Supersymmetry and Supergravity -- 21. Superstrings |
| Analysis |
Quantum theory |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [763]-777) and index |
| Subject |
Gauge fields (Physics)
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Quantum field theory.
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Standard model (Nuclear physics)
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| LC no. |
92027704 |
| ISBN |
0195076524 (acid-free paper) |
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