LEADER 04005nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910132785603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9783642237287 010 $a3642237282 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-642-23728-7 035 $a(CKB)3390000000021695 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000610083 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11388422 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000610083 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10641450 035 $a(PQKB)11704547 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-642-23728-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3070468 035 $a(PPN)157510220 035 $a(EXLCZ)993390000000021695 100 $a20110810d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 13$aAn invitation to quantum field theory /$fLuis Alvarez-Gaum e, Miguel A. V azquez-Mozo 205 $a1st ed. 2012. 210 $aBerlin ;$aHeidelberg $cSpringer$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (XI, 294 p. 91 illus.) 225 1 $aLecture notes in physics,$x0075-8450 ;$vv. 839 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9783642237270 311 08$a3642237274 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aWhy Do We Need Quantum Field Theory After All? -- From Classical to Quantum Fields -- Theories and Lagrangian I: Matter Fields -- Theories and Lagrangian II: Introducing Gauge Fields -- Theories and Lagrangian II: The Standard Model -- Towards Computational Rules: Feynman Diagrams -- Symmetries I: Continuous Symmetries -- Renormalization -- Anomalies -- The Origin of Mass -- Symmetries II: Discrete Symmetries -- Effective Field Theories and Naturalness -- Special Topics -- Notation, Conventions and Units -- A Crash Course in Group Theory -- Index. 330 $aThis book provides an introduction to Quantum Field Theory (QFT) at an elementary level?with only special relativity, electromagnetism and quantum mechanics as prerequisites. For this fresh approach to teaching QFT, based on numerous lectures and courses given by the authors, a representative sample of topics has been selected containing some of the more innovative, challenging or subtle concepts. They are presented with a minimum of technical details, the discussion of the main ideas being more important than the presentation of the typically very technical mathematical details necessary to obtain the final results.  Special attention is given to the realization of symmetries in particle physics: global and local symmetries, explicit, spontaneously broken, and anomalous continuous symmetries, as well as discrete symmetries. Beyond providing an overview of the standard model of the strong, weak and electromagnetic interactions and the current understanding of the origin of mass, the text enumerates the general features of renormalization theory as well as providing a cursory description of effective field theories and the problem of naturalness in physics. Among the more advanced topics the reader will find are an outline of the first principles derivation of the CPT theorem and the spin-statistics connection. As indicated by the title, the main aim of this text is to motivate the reader to study QFT by providing a self-contained and approachable introduction to the most exciting and challenging aspects of this successful theoretical framework. 410 0$aLecture notes in physics ;$v839. 606 $aQuantum field theory 606 $aQuantum theory 615 0$aQuantum field theory. 615 0$aQuantum theory. 676 $a530.143 686 $a530$2sdnb 686 $aUD 8220$2rvk 686 $aUO 4000$2rvk 686 $aPHY 023f$2stub 700 $aAlvarez-Gaume$b Luis$00 701 $aVazquez-Mozo$b M. A$g(Miguel A.)$0515341 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910132785603321 996 $aInvitation to Quantum Field Theory$9855614 997 $aUNINA