Quantum Field Theory

F. Mandl, G. Shaw

372 pages, parution le 26/10/1993

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Quantum Field Theory Revised Edition F. Mandl and G. Shaw, Department of Theoretical Physics, The Schuster Laboratory, The University, Manchester, UK When this book first appeared in 1984, only a handful of W± and Z° bosons had been observed and the experimental investigation of high energy electro-weak interactions was in its infancy. Nowadays, W± bosons and especially Z° bosons can be produced by the thousand and the study of their properties is a precise science. We have revised the text of the later chapters to incorporate these developments and discuss their implications. We have also taken this opportunity to update the references throughout and to make some improvements in the treatment of dimen-sional regularization. Finally, we have corrected some minor errors and are grateful to various people for pointing these out. This book is designed as a short and simple introduction to quantum field theory for students beginning research in theoretical and experimental physics. The three main objectives are to explain the basic physics and formalism of quantum field theory, to make the reader fully proficient in theory calculations using Feynman diagrams, and to introduce the reader to gauge theories, which play such a central role in elementary particle physics.

The theory is applied to quantum electrodynamics (QED), where quantum field theory had its early triumphs, and to weak interactions where the standard electro-weak theory has had many impressive successes.

The treatment is based on the canonical quantization method, because readers will be familiar with this, because it brings out lucidly the connection between invariance and conservation laws, and because it leads directly to the Feynman diagram techniques which are so important in many branches of physics.

In order to help inexperienced research students grasp the meaning of the theory and learn to handle it confidently, the mathematical formalism is developed from first principles, its physical interpretation is stressed at every point and its use is illustrated in detailed applications. After studying this book, the reader should be able to calculate any process in lowest order of perturbation theory for both QED and the standard electro-weak theory, and in addition, calculate lowest order radiative corrections in QED using the powerful technique of dimensional regularization.

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Photons and electromagnetic field
Lagrangian field theory
The Klein-Gordon field
The Dirac field
Photons: covariant theory
The S-matrix expansion
Feynman diagrams and rules in QED
QED processes in lowest order
Radiative corrections
Regularization
Weak interactions
Spontaneous symmetry breaking
The standard electro-weak theory
Appendix A The Dirac equation
Appendix B Feynman rules and formulae for perturbation theory

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Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	F. Mandl, G. Shaw
Parution	26/10/1993
Nb. de pages	372
Format	15,5 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	540g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780471941866
ISBN13	978-0-471-94186-6