A Course in Field Theory
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Author(s)
van Baal, Pierre
Collection
SCOAP3 for BooksLanguage
EnglishAbstract
Extensively classroom-tested, A Course in Field Theory provides material for an introductory course for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in physics. Based on the author's course that he has been teaching for more than 20 years, the text presents complete and detailed coverage of the core ideas and theories in quantum field theory.
Keywords
Energy Momentum Tensor; Sin θW; Quantisation of Fields; Lowest Order Calculations; Path Integrals for Fermions; Higgs Field; The Higgs Mechanism; Campbell Baker Hausdorff Formula; Cross Sections; Dirac Field; The Scattering Matrix; Reduced Matrix Element; Top Quark; Negative Energy Solution; Feynman Rules; non-Abelian Gauge Theories; Euler Lagrange Equations; Scalar Field Theories; Klein Gordon Equation; Path Integral; Gauge Field; Gauge Invariance; Lie Algebra; Dirac Equation; Lorentz Gauge; Tree Level DiagramsDOI
10.1201/b15364ISBN
9781466594609, 9781000569667, 9781466594616, 9781466594593, 9780429073601, 9781466594609OCN
953567598Publisher
Taylor & FrancisPublisher website
https://taylorandfrancis.com/Publication date and place
2016Grantor
Imprint
CRC PressClassification
Applied mathematics
Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory)
Life sciences: general issues
Atomic and molecular physics