Gauge Field Theories

ISBN-13: 9780521478168 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 632 str.

Stefan Pokorski; Peter Landshoff; D. R. Nelson

Opis

Quantum field theory forms the present theoretical framework for our understanding of the fundamental interactions of particle physics. This updated and expanded volume examines gauge theories and their symmetries with an emphasis on their physical and technical aspects. A new introductory chapter gives a systematic overview to classical field theories and a short discussion of their canonical quantization and the discrete symmetries C, P and T. Coverage provides a brief exposition of perturbation theory, the renormalization program, and the use of the renormalization group equation. It then explores topics of current research interest including chiral symmetry and its breaking, anomalies, and low energy effective Lagrangians and some basics of supersymmetry. A chapter on the basics of the electroweak theory is also new to this edition, as well as an appendix that contains a complete set of Feynman rules for the Standard Model. This volume will be ideal for graduate students and researchers in theoretical physics, condensed matter physics, and applied mathematics.

Recenzje

From reviews of the first edition: 'The book is thoughtfully planned and very well written … I know of no better and more complete guide.' L. H. Ryder, The Times Higher Education Supplement

Spis treści

Preface; Introduction; 1. Classical fields, symmetries and their breaking; 2. Path integral formulation of quantum field theory; 3. Feynman rules for Yang-Mills theories; 4. Introduction to the theory of renormalization; 5. Quantum electrodynamics; 6. Renormalization group; 7. Scale invariance and operator product expansion; 8. Quantum chromodynamics; 9. Chiral symmetry, spontaneous symmetry breaking; 10. Spontaneous and explicit global symmetry breaking; 11. Higgs mechanisms in gauge theories; 12. Standard electroweak theory; 13. Chiral anomalies; 14. Effective lagrangians; 15. Introduction to supersymmetry; Appendices.