LEADER 05188nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910144741003321 005 20230331005434.0 010 $a1-281-76436-1 010 $a9786611764364 010 $a3-527-61735-3 010 $a3-527-61736-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000377423 035 $a(EBL)482034 035 $a(OCoLC)262916034 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000160882 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11154819 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000160882 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10190545 035 $a(PQKB)10148423 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC482034 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000377423 100 $a19900809d1991 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGauge field theories $ean introduction with applications /$fMike Guidry 210 $aNew York $cWiley$dc1991 215 $a1 online resource (624 p.) 300 $a"A Wiley-Interscience publication." 311 $a0-471-63117-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 579-592) and index. 327 $aGAUGE FIELD THEORIES AN INTRODUCTION WITH APPLICATIONS; Contents; Part I: QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; 1. Relativistic Wave Equations; 1.1 Special Relativity and Spacetime; 1.2 Contravariant and Covariant Vectors; 1.3 Lorentz Transformations; 1.4 Klein-Gordon Equation; 1.5 Dirac Equation; 1.6 Prescriptions for Negative-Energy States; 1.7 Feynman Diagrams; 1.8 Loops, Trees, and Infinities; 1.9 Background and Further Reading; 2. Canonical Quantization of Local Field Theories; 2.1 Quantization in Discrete Mechanics; 2.2 General Properties of the Action; 2.3 Lagrangian Densities for Free Fields 327 $a2.4 Quantization of the Real Scalar Field2.5 Quantization of a Complex Scalar Field; 2.6 Quantization of the Dirac Field; 2.7 Quantization of the Electromagnetic Field; 2.8 Noether's Theorem; 2.9 Interactions between Fields; 2.10 Background and Further Reading; 3. Perturbation Theory and Evaluation of the S-Matrix; 3.1 Interaction Representation; 3.2 Definition of the S-Matrix; 3.3 Interaction Picture Fourier Expansions; 3.4 Reduction by Wick's Theorem; 3.5 Example: Self-coupled Scalar Field; 3.6 Differential Cross Sections; 3.7 Example: Spinor Electrodynamics; 3.8 Graphs That Are Excluded 327 $a3.9 Feynman Rules for Electrodynamics3.10 Background and Further Reading; 4. Path Integral Quantization; 4.1 Nonrelativistic Path Integral; 4.2 Path Integral for Field Theory; 4.3 Evaluation of Path Integrals; 4.4 Feynman Diagrams; 4.5 Grassmann Variables; 4.6 Fermions in the Path Integral; 4.7 Ghost Fields; 4.8 Background and Further Reading; Part II: GAUGE FIELD THEORIES; 5. Symmetry and Group Theory; 5.1 Introduction to the Theory of Groups; 5.2 Lie Groups and Lie Algebras; 5.3 Unitary Symmetries; 5.4 Topological Properties; 5.5 Background and Further Reading 327 $a6. Weak and Electromagnetic Interactions6.1 QED: Prototype Quantum Field Theory; 6.2 Phenomenology of the Weak Interactions; 6.3 Problems with the Fermi Phenomenology; 6.4 Renormalization in QED; 6.5 Renormalization and Weak Interactions; 6.6 Background and Further Reading; 7. Yang - Mills Fields; 7.1 Local Non-Abelian Gauge Invariance; 7.2 Properties of Yang - Mills Fields; 7.3 Path-Dependent Representations; 7.4 Path Integral Quantization; 7.5 Background and Further Reading; 8. Spontaneously Broken Symmetry and the Higgs Mechanism; 8.1 Classical Symmetry Modes; 8.2 A Simple Example 327 $a8.3 Goldstone Bosons8.4 The Higgs Mechanism; 8.5 Some General Remarks; 8.6 Background and Further Reading; 9. Standard Electroweak Model; 9.1 The Electroweak Gauge Group; 9.2 Standard Model for Leptonic Interactions; 9.3 Inclusion of Hadrons; 9.4 Critique of the Standard Theory; 9.5 Background and Further Reading; 10. The Strong Interactions and Quantum Chromodynamics; 10.1 Properties of Quarks; 10.2 Evidence for Gluons; 10.3 Deep Inelastic Lepton Scattering; 10.4 Partons; 10.5 The Quark-Parton Model; 10.6 Quantum Chromodynamics; 10.7 Background and Further Reading; 11. Grand Unified Theories 327 $a11.1 Evolution of Coupling Constants 330 $aAcquaints readers with the main concepts and literature of elementary particle physics and quantum field theory. In particular, the book is concerned with the elaboration of gauge field theories in nuclear physics; the possibility of creating fundamental new states of matter such as an extended quark-gluon plasma in ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions; and the relation of gauge theories to the creation and evolution of the universe. Divided into three parts, it opens with an introduction to the general principles of relativistic quantum field theory followed by the essential ingredients of 606 $aGauge fields (Physics) 606 $aQuantum field theory 615 0$aGauge fields (Physics) 615 0$aQuantum field theory. 676 $a530.1/435 676 $a530.1435 700 $aGuidry$b M. W$0522065 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910144741003321 996 $aGauge field theories$9835087 997 $aUNINA