Journey to the bound states / Paul Hoyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoyer, Paul.

Series:

SpringerBriefs in physics 2191-5431

SpringerBriefs in physics, 2191-5431

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bound states (Quantum mechanics).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book is a graduate-level self-study guide of bound states in elementary particle physics and consequently in the standard model. The author first recalls the usual quantum electrodynamics (QED) approach to atoms in terms of Feynman diagrams, which assume free states at asymptotic times. Motivated by general principles and data, he then develops a novel method based on a Fock expansion of bound states in temporal gauge. The properties of relativistic bound states are discussed for Dirac states, atoms in motion, QED in D=1+1 dimensions, and hadrons in quantum chromodynamics (including color confinement). This book provides complementary material for quantum field theory courses and is accessible for graduate students and more senior researchers.

Contents:

Motivations and Outline

Brief survey of present QED approaches to atoms

Dirac bound states

Fock expansion of bound states in temporal (A0 = 0) gauge

Applications to Positronium atoms

QED in D = 1+1 dimensions

Applications to QCD bound states

Bound state epilogue

Appendix: Solutions to exercises.

Notes:

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 19, 2021).

ISBN:

9783030794897

303079489X

OCLC:

1264272821

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.