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Product Identifiers

PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100198520735

ISBN-139780198520733

eBay Product ID (ePID)43936862

Product Key Features

Number of Pages310 Pages

Publication NameModern Introduction to Quantum Field Theory

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2005

SubjectPhysics / Quantum Theory

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaScience

AuthorMichele Maggiore

SeriesOxford Master Series in Physics Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight30.1 Oz

Item Length9.7 in

Item Width7.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2005-295989

TitleLeadingA

Dewey Edition0

ReviewsAiming at graduate students, this novel textbook on the theory of quantum fields differs from any other existing books on the same subject since it focuses on the generality of its methods and ideas rather than on its power as a calculational tool., All in all, Maggiore's approach is precisely the one that should be taken in an undergraduate course: Introduce the "big" ideas and leave the computational and thornier technical details for subsequent courses., The author gives a nice conceptual discussion of divergences in loop amplitudes, the need to renormalize, and how both renormalization group...he manages to convey the main ideas without getting lost in technical details.

Series Volume Number12

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal530.1/43

Table Of Content1. Introduction2. Lorentz and Poincaré symmetries in quantum field theory3. Classical field theory4. Quantization of free fields5. Perturbation theory and Feynman diagrams6. Cross sections and decay rates7. Quantum electrodynamics8. The low-energy limit of the electroweak theory9. Path integral quantization10. Non-Abelian gauge theories11. Spontaneous symmetry breaking

SynopsisThe importance and the beauty of modern quantum field theory resides in the power and variety of its methods and ideas, which find application in domains as different as particle physics, cosmology, condensed matter, statistical mechanics and critical phenomena. This book introduces the reader to the modern developments in a manner which assumes no previous knowledge of quantum field theory. Along with standard topics like Feynman diagrams, the book discusses effective lagrangians, renormalization group equations, the path integral formulation, spontaneous symmetry breaking and non-abelian gauge theories. The inclusion of more advanced topics will also make this a most useful book for graduate students and researchers., The importance and the beauty of modern quantum field theory resides in the power and variety of its methods and ideas, which find application in domains as different as particle physics, cosmology, condensed matter, statistical mechanics and critical phenomena. This book introduces the reader to the modern developments, assuming no previous knowledge of quantum field theory. Along with standard topics like Feynman diagrams, the book discusses effective lagrangians, renormalization group equations, the path integral formulation, spontaneous symmetry breaking and non-abelian gauge theories. The inclusion of more advanced topics will also make this a most useful book for graduate students and researchers., Quantum field theory has undergone extraordinary developments in the last few decades and permeates many branches of modern research such as particle physics, cosmology, condensed matter, statistical mechanics and critical phenomena. This book introduces the reader to the modern developments in a manner which assumes no previous knowledge of quantum field theory.

LC Classification NumberQC174.45