UID:
almafu_9960119237802883
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiv, 542 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-511-62264-3
Inhalt:
This book develops quantum field theory starting from its foundation in quantum mechanics. Quantum field theory is the basic theory of elementary particle physics. In recent years, many techniques have been developed which extend and clarify this theory. This book incorporates these modern methods, giving a thoroughly modern pedagogic account which starts from first principles. The path integral formulation is introduced right at the beginning. The method of dimensional continuation is employed to regulate and renormalize the theory. This facilitates the introduction of the concepts of the renormalization group at an early stage. The notion of spontaneous symmetry breakdown is also introduced early on by the example of superfluid helium. Topics in quantum electrodynamics are described which have an analog in quantum chromodynamics. Some novel techniques are employed, such as the use of dimensional continuation to compute the Lamb shift. Many problems are included.
Anmerkung:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Cover -- Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The general problem -- The communal option -- Traditional and ethnic nationalism -- From imperial British to national British -- Diasporic politics: Sikhs and the demand for Khalistan -- Diasporic politics: the demand for democracy in Guyana -- Nationalism and the new pluralism in Britain -- Conclusion: the need for a new national consciousness -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-521-46946-5
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-521-40006-6
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511622649
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