An introduction to quantum field theory /
Peskin, Michael Edward 1951-
An introduction to quantum field theory / Michael E. Peskin, Daniel V. Schroeder. - First Edition - xxii, 842 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 811-815).
Part I Feynman Diagrams and Quantum Electrodynamics; 1. Invitation: Pair Production in e+e- Annihilation; 2. The Klein-Gordon Field; 3. the Dirac Field; 4. Interacting Fields and Feynman Diagrams; 5. Elementary Processes of Quantum Electrodynamics; 6. Radiative Corrections: Introduction; 7. Radiative Corrections: Some Formal Developments; Final Project Radiation Of Gluon Jets -- Part II Renormalization; 8. Invitation: Ultraviolet Cutoffs and Critical Fluctuations; 9. Functional Methods; 10. Systematics of Renormalization. 11. Renormalization and Symmetry; 12. The Renormalization Group; 13. Critical Exponents and Scalar Field Theory; Final Project The Coleman-Weinberg Potential -- Part III Non-Abelian Gauge Theories; 14. Invitation: The Parton Model of Hadron Structure; 15. Non-Abelian Gauge Invariance; 16. Quantization of Non-Abelian Gauge Theories; 17. Quantum Chromodynamics; 18. Operator Products and Effective Vertices; 19. Perturbation Theory Anomalies; 20. Gauge Theories with Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking; 21. Quantization of Spontaneously Broken Gauge Theories; Final Project Decays of the Higgs Boson -- Epilogue. 22. Quantum Field Theory at the Frontier.
An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory is a textbook intended for the graduate physics course covering relativistic quantum mechanics, quantum electrodynamics, and Feynman diagrams. The authors make these subjects accessible through carefully worked examples illustrating the technical aspects of the subject, and intuitive explanations of what is going on behind the mathematics. After presenting the basics of quantum electrodynamics, the authors discuss the theory of renormalization and its relation to statistical mechanics, and introduce the renormalization group.
0201503972 9780201503975 9780813350196 (economy edition)
89027170
Quantum field theory
Feynman diagrams
Renormalization (Physics)
Gauge fields (Physics)
QC174.45 / .P465 1995
530.143
An introduction to quantum field theory / Michael E. Peskin, Daniel V. Schroeder. - First Edition - xxii, 842 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 811-815).
Part I Feynman Diagrams and Quantum Electrodynamics; 1. Invitation: Pair Production in e+e- Annihilation; 2. The Klein-Gordon Field; 3. the Dirac Field; 4. Interacting Fields and Feynman Diagrams; 5. Elementary Processes of Quantum Electrodynamics; 6. Radiative Corrections: Introduction; 7. Radiative Corrections: Some Formal Developments; Final Project Radiation Of Gluon Jets -- Part II Renormalization; 8. Invitation: Ultraviolet Cutoffs and Critical Fluctuations; 9. Functional Methods; 10. Systematics of Renormalization. 11. Renormalization and Symmetry; 12. The Renormalization Group; 13. Critical Exponents and Scalar Field Theory; Final Project The Coleman-Weinberg Potential -- Part III Non-Abelian Gauge Theories; 14. Invitation: The Parton Model of Hadron Structure; 15. Non-Abelian Gauge Invariance; 16. Quantization of Non-Abelian Gauge Theories; 17. Quantum Chromodynamics; 18. Operator Products and Effective Vertices; 19. Perturbation Theory Anomalies; 20. Gauge Theories with Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking; 21. Quantization of Spontaneously Broken Gauge Theories; Final Project Decays of the Higgs Boson -- Epilogue. 22. Quantum Field Theory at the Frontier.
An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory is a textbook intended for the graduate physics course covering relativistic quantum mechanics, quantum electrodynamics, and Feynman diagrams. The authors make these subjects accessible through carefully worked examples illustrating the technical aspects of the subject, and intuitive explanations of what is going on behind the mathematics. After presenting the basics of quantum electrodynamics, the authors discuss the theory of renormalization and its relation to statistical mechanics, and introduce the renormalization group.
0201503972 9780201503975 9780813350196 (economy edition)
89027170
Quantum field theory
Feynman diagrams
Renormalization (Physics)
Gauge fields (Physics)
QC174.45 / .P465 1995
530.143