A modern introduction to quantum field theory [[electronic resource] /] / Michele Maggiore

• Autore: Maggiore Michele
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (308 p.)
• Disciplina: 530; 530.143
• Soggetto topico: Quantum field theory; Mathematical physics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-286) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Notation; 1 Introduction; 2 Lorentz and Poincaré symmetries in QFT; 3 Classical field theory; 4 Quantization of free fields; 5 Perturbation theory and Feynman diagrams; 6 Cross-sections and decay rates; 7 Quantum electrodynamics; 8 The low-energy limit of the electroweak theory; 9 Path integral quantization; 10 Non-abelian gauge theories; 11 Spontaneous symmetry breaking; 12 Solutions to exercises; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Quantum field theory has undergone extraordinary developments in the last few decades and permeates many branches of modern research such as particle physics, cosmology, condensed matter, statistical mechanics and critical phenomena. This book introduces the reader to the modern developments in a manner which assumes no previous knowledge of quantum field theory, and makes it readily accessible from the advanced undergraduate level upwards. - ;The importance and the beauty of modern quantum field theory resides in the power and variety of its methods and ideas, which find application in domain
• Titolo autorizzato: Modern introduction to quantum field theory
• ISBN: 1-280-84699-2; 0-19-152339-9; 1-4294-6922-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452319203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford master series in physics ; ; 12.