Modern quantum field theory : a concise introduction / Tom Banks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Banks, Thomas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quantum field theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presenting a variety of topics that are only briefly touched on in other texts, this book provides a thorough introduction to the techniques of field theory. Covering Feynman diagrams and path integrals, the author emphasizes the path integral approach, the Wilsonian approach to renormalization, and the physics of non-abelian gauge theory. It provides a thorough treatment of quark confinement and chiral symmetry breaking, topics not usually covered in other texts at this level. The Standard Model of particle physics is discussed in detail. Connections with condensed matter physics are explored, and there is a brief, but detailed, treatment of non-perturbative semi-classical methods. Ideal for graduate students in high energy physics and condensed matter physics, the book contains many problems,which help students practise the key techniques of quantum field theory.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Quantum theory of free scalar fields; 3 Interacting field theory; 4 Particles of spin 1, and gauge invariance; 5 Spin-... particles and Fermi statistics; 6 Massive quantum electrodynamics; 7 Symmetries, Ward identities, and Nambu-Goldstone bosons; 8 Non-abelian gauge theory; 9 Renormalization and effective field theory; 10 Instantons and solitons; 11 Concluding remarks; A Appendix A Books; B Appendix B Cross sections; C Appendix C Diracology; D Appendix D Feynman rules; E Appendix E Group theory and Lie algebras

F Appendix F Everything elseReferences; Author index; Subject index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and and indexes.

ISBN:

1-107-19600-0

9786612390432

1-282-39043-0

0-511-64597-X

0-511-81150-0

0-511-65006-X

0-511-42828-6

0-511-56813-4

0-511-42899-5

OCLC:

558923210